Many people still don’t understand the DC silo system. Here’s a little elevator encapsulation clarity:
The leaders of the House and Senate intel committees, together with the leaders of the House and Senate are given the same level of intelligence briefing information as the President in the White House.
Read that again slowly.
The White House, the Senate and the House, are all kept on the same page, the same level of knowledge, by the Intelligence Community.
The WH, Senate and House are all kept in alignment (think control) by the Intelligence Community.
All the DC silos operate from the same information inputs.
See the problem?
95% of the opinion you are reading about presidential positions, qualifications and expectations are based on people who hold pretenses, intentionally or, in many cases, accidentally, because they just don’t know better. Some people think DC corruption is really, really bad. Trust me, it’s worse than that.
My thoughts on staffing, roles and responsibilities are from a pragmatic place of what can reasonably be expected to be achieved. CTH has never joined this nonsensical “trusty-planner” mindset. There is no plan. There never was a plan. There is one guy, Donald Trump, trying to enact policies to the benefit of the American people. Every democrat and every republican wants him to fail.
The NSA position is critical. The Intelligence Community will lie to President Trump.
The Nat Sec Advisor intercepts the lies, evaluates the issue to find the small granules of truth; then presents truthful options to President Trump. The Nat Sec advisor must know the silo system like the back of his hand. He must know every detail about how it operates, and he must be willing to fight against the AG, DoS, FBI and CIA.
The NatSec Advisor must be strategic, smart and have EXCEPTIONAL judgement. The NatSec Advisor needs as few attack vectors as possible. If the NSA is vulnerable, he’s useless.