Michael Ellis, NSA official installed as Trump left office, resigns after he was sidelined

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Jason Leopold
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Michael Ellis, a former Republican political operative, resigned Friday as the National Security Agency’s top lawyer, having been sidelined for three months after President Biden took office.

https://washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-nsa-michael-ellis-/2021/04/17/5f03fb82-9fa6-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html… @nakashimae

NSA official installed as Trump left office resigns after he was sidelined
NSA chief placed Michael Ellis on administrative leave just as he was taking up the job
washingtonpost.com
7:49 PM · Apr 17, 2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-nsa-michael-ellis-/2021/04/17/5f03fb82-9fa6-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html

Michael Ellis, a former Republican political operative, resigned Friday as the National Security Agency’s top lawyer, having been sidelined for three months after President Biden took office.

The NSA director, Gen. Paul Nakasone, had placed Ellis on administrative leave the day President Donald Trump left the White House — just as Ellis was taking up the position. The reasons: a pending Pentagon inspector general probe, an official told The Washington Post at the time, and a security inquiry into Ellis’s handling of classified information, according to a letter from Ellis’s attorney to Nakasone, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.

Nakasone had agreed to install Ellis as general counsel just days earlier under orders from Trump’s acting defense secretary. The role does not require Senate confirmation.

NSA will install Michael Ellis as general counsel

The inspector general inquiry into the circumstances of Ellis’s selection remains open, Nakasone told Congress on Thursday.

Now Ellis has given up waiting for a resolution.

“I have been on administrative leave for nearly three months without any explanation or updates, and there is no sign that NSA will attempt to resolve the issue,” Ellis said in a letter to Nakasone on Friday, a copy of which was obtained by The Post. “I therefore resign my position, effective immediately.”

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[Marcuse]

1. Some guys can't take a hint.

[StarfishSaver]

2. Lol

We'll call you when we get around to it. In the meantime, go sit over there and staple these papers together.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

3. Office moved to the sub-basement and assigned to make coffee?

Those might be signs your services are no longer wanted.

One company I subcontracted for would call their field guys they wanted to fire into the office and assign them to cleaning out storage closets.

KY