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'''Adam Lovinger''' holds a doctorate in law and is a professor at [[Georgetown University]], worked in the [[Office of Net Assessment]] as a strategist. His position within the specialized think tank required a top-level security clearance.

'''Adam Lovinger''' holds a doctorate in law and is a professor at [[Georgetown University]], worked in the [[Office of Net Assessment]] as a strategist. His position within the specialized think tank required a top-level security clearance.

According to his Georgetown profile, Lovinger’s responsibilities include “net assessments and competitive strategies developed for the [[Secretary of Defense]] on strategic competition in the [[Indian Ocean]] region, the [[Persian Gulf]], and [[sub-Saharan Africa]].”<ref>https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014TpbdAAC/adam-lovinger?</ref>

According to his Georgetown profile, Lovinger's responsibilities include “net assessments and competitive strategies developed for the [[Secretary of Defense]] on strategic competition in the [[Indian Ocean]] region, the [[Persian Gulf]], and [[sub-Saharan Africa]].”<ref>https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014TpbdAAC/adam-lovinger?</ref>

==Lovinger exposes corruption in Obama DOD==

==Lovinger exposes corruption in Obama DOD==

===Chelsea Clinton===

===Chelsea Clinton===

Lovinger had grown increasingly concerned over the ONA’s use of outside contractors, due in part to the “problem of [[cronyism]]” and a growing “revolving door policy” that resulted from ONA analysts leaving to join the better-paid ranks of private contractors. The Office of Net Assessment, came under attack by the ''[[Washington Times]]'' for wasting money on "research projects" in August 2016.<ref>https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/24/pentagons-offic-of-threat-assement-under-fire-from/</ref>

Lovinger had grown increasingly concerned over the ONA's use of outside contractors, due in part to the “problem of [[cronyism]]” and a growing “revolving door policy” that resulted from ONA analysts leaving to join the better-paid ranks of private contractors. The Office of Net Assessment, came under attack by the ''[[Washington Times]]'' for wasting money on "research projects" in August 2016.<ref>https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/24/pentagons-offic-of-threat-assement-under-fire-from/</ref>

In September 2016 Lovinger wrote the first in a series of emails to ONA’s new director, [[James H. Baker (DOD)]], who had recently been appointed by Obama’s Defense Secretary. From Lovinger’s September email: {{quotebox|"On the issue of quality, more than once I have heard our contractor studies labeled ‘derivative,’ ‘college-level’ and based heavily on secondary sources. One of our contractor studies was literally cut and pasted from a [[World Bank]] report that I just happened to have read the week before reading the contractor study itself. Even the font was the same.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/24/pentagon-whistleblower-claims-dod-official-awarded-investigators-of-his-case-with-military-medals/</ref>}} The contractor being referenced was Long Term Strategy Group (LTSG), whose president is Jacqueline Newmyer. [[Chelsea Clinton]] and Newmyer were at each other’s weddings, and in 2011 Chelsea referred to Newmyer as her “best friend.”<ref>http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/chelsea-clinton-talks-shakespeare-5312140/</ref> According to USAspending.gov, LTSG has received approximately $14 million in contracts since 2007.<ref>https://www.usaspending.gov/#/search/3ec765b6f0e1469daea629338557b208</ref> In a 2015 article by [[Bill Gertz]] of the ''[[Washington Free Beacon]]'', it was reported that in 2009, Hillary Clinton had arranged meetings between Newmyer and Pentagon officials that involved contracting discussions.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/clinton-sought-pentagon-state-department-contracts-chelseas-friend/</ref>

In September 2016 Lovinger wrote the first in a series of emails to ONA's new director, [[James H. Baker (DOD)]], who had recently been appointed by Obama's Defense Secretary. From Lovinger's September email: {{quotebox|"On the issue of quality, more than once I have heard our contractor studies labeled ‘derivative,’ ‘college-level’ and based heavily on secondary sources. One of our contractor studies was literally cut and pasted from a [[World Bank]] report that I just happened to have read the week before reading the contractor study itself. Even the font was the same.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/24/pentagon-whistleblower-claims-dod-official-awarded-investigators-of-his-case-with-military-medals/</ref>}} The contractor being referenced was Long Term Strategy Group (LTSG), whose president is Jacqueline Newmyer. [[Chelsea Clinton]] and Newmyer were at each other's weddings, and in 2011 Chelsea referred to Newmyer as her “best friend.”<ref>http://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/chelsea-clinton-talks-shakespeare-5312140/</ref> According to USAspending.gov, LTSG has received approximately $14 million in contracts since 2007.<ref>https://www.usaspending.gov/#/search/3ec765b6f0e1469daea629338557b208</ref> In a 2015 article by [[Bill Gertz]] of the ''[[Washington Free Beacon]]'', it was reported that in 2009, Hillary Clinton had arranged meetings between Newmyer and Pentagon officials that involved contracting discussions.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/clinton-sought-pentagon-state-department-contracts-chelseas-friend/</ref>

===Stefan Halper===

===Stefan Halper===

On May 1, 2017 Lovinger was notified that his Top-Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS-SCI) clearance had been suspended. Lovinger was the second Trump official to lose his security clearance. The loss of a security clearance is a significant matter as they are requirements for many senior positions. He was to return to the [[Pentagon]] immediately.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-pulls-top-secret-clearance-of-a-trump-white-house-aide-2017-5</ref>

On May 1, 2017 Lovinger was notified that his Top-Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS-SCI) clearance had been suspended. Lovinger was the second Trump official to lose his security clearance. The loss of a security clearance is a significant matter as they are requirements for many senior positions. He was to return to the [[Pentagon]] immediately.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-pulls-top-secret-clearance-of-a-trump-white-house-aide-2017-5</ref>

In June 2017 Lovinger filed an ethics complaint about James H. Baker (DOD) with the Pentagon’s senior [[ethics]] official, charging that Lovinger’s superiors misused the security clearance process to punish him.<ref>https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/15/adam-lovinger-pentagon-analyst-lost-security-clear/</ref> Lovinger's attorney leveled [[Whistleblower Statutes|Whistleblower retaliation]] charges in a letter to [[DOD]] officials: {{quotebox|“A review of the ‘case file’ in this matter illuminates a picture of intentional whistleblower retaliation against Mr. Lovinger; personal and political vendettas against Lovinger by [James H.] Baker …”}} In April 2018 Lovinger received a memo from Washington Headquarters Services Director, Obama holdover Barbara Westgate, telling him that she had decided to suspend him from Pentagon duties without pay. Lovinger’s attorney, Sean Bigley, penned an op-ed in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' drawing attention to the case. Bigley stated that, {{quotebox|“Security clearances are being weaponized against the White House by hostile career [[bureaucrat]]s, thwarting the president’s agenda by holding up or blocking appointees.<br><br>In Mr. Lovinger’s case, those weaponizing the security-clearance process include a senior official who remains on the job despite publicly disparaging President Trump as “unfit” to lead, a Pentagon attorney who instructed colleagues on the importance of concealing retaliatory motives behind their actions, and the Defense Department’s security adjudications chief, who persists in advancing false allegations."<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-deep-state-weaponizes-vetting-of-trump-appointees-1525215143</ref>}}

In June 2017 Lovinger filed an ethics complaint about James H. Baker (DOD) with the Pentagon's senior [[ethics]] official, charging that Lovinger's superiors misused the security clearance process to punish him.<ref>https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/aug/15/adam-lovinger-pentagon-analyst-lost-security-clear/</ref> Lovinger's attorney leveled [[Whistleblower Statutes|Whistleblower retaliation]] charges in a letter to [[DOD]] officials: {{quotebox|“A review of the ‘case file’ in this matter illuminates a picture of intentional whistleblower retaliation against Mr. Lovinger; personal and political vendettas against Lovinger by [James H.] Baker …”}} In April 2018 Lovinger received a memo from Washington Headquarters Services Director, Obama holdover Barbara Westgate, telling him that she had decided to suspend him from Pentagon duties without pay. Lovinger's attorney, Sean Bigley, penned an op-ed in the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' drawing attention to the case. Bigley stated that, {{quotebox|“Security clearances are being weaponized against the White House by hostile career [[bureaucrat]]s, thwarting the president’s agenda by holding up or blocking appointees.<br><br>In Mr. Lovinger’s case, those weaponizing the security-clearance process include a senior official who remains on the job despite publicly disparaging President Trump as “unfit” to lead, a Pentagon attorney who instructed colleagues on the importance of concealing retaliatory motives behind their actions, and the Defense Department’s security adjudications chief, who persists in advancing false allegations."<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-deep-state-weaponizes-vetting-of-trump-appointees-1525215143</ref>}}

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