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

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

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

By Ellen Nakashima
April 17, 2021 at 4:59 p.m. EDT

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.

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.

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

[Grasswire2]

1. Weed them out.

I wonder if he is of the Ellis family that are cousins to the Bush family.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. Don't let the door hit you in the ass.

[RockRaven]

3. Bye, Felicia.

[Baked Potato]

4. Good! This guy is a real bad egg.

[Phoenix61]

5. That's how you get rid of someone you can't fire.

Make them head paper clip counter.