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2024-10-25 Government Corruption

Klingon Source Ariane Tabatabai no longer in ASD (SO/LIC)

[Red State] Politico reports that Tabatabai has been promoted to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training, a position she's (also) completely unqualified for:
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Ariane Tabatabai is now the deputy assistant secretary of defense for force education and training within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, a position she was offered last month. She was previously chief of staff for assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict.

Note that Politico pointedly asserts that Tabatabai was offered the position last month, likely in an attempt to make people believe that this move wasn't in response to the document leak.

In her position as chief of staff to Maier, Tabatabai had access to extremely sensitive intelligence assessments because of what Maier's role entails:

Posted by Besoeker 2024-10-25 04:37|| || Front Page|| [11159 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1 Time was of the essence. That targeting information simply had to reach Tehran as soon as possible. Third party Courier or Diplomatic Pouch would have been impossible. While flaunt with risk, downloading the classified documents to a thumb-drive and sending via unclassified E-mail was the quickest method. (Assuming of course the Iranians do not have SIPRNET or JWICS.)

The Deep State now has a collections and reporting gap at SO/LIC. It will be interesting to learn who backfills the Tabatabai position.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-10-25 04:50|| 2024-10-25 04:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Did she lose her clearance? It used to be that when you moved out of job requiring a clearance, you lost it.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2024-10-25 08:54|| 2024-10-25 08:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Excellent characterization, B.

Posted by badanov 2024-10-25 09:11|| 2024-10-25 09:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Is it just me or is someone channeling Joe Mendiola?

Posted by Mercutio 2024-10-25 09:18|| 2024-10-25 09:18|| Front Page Top

#5 ^^ Joe would have had more run-on sentences, but the vibe might be the same.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2024-10-25 11:36|| 2024-10-25 11:36|| Front Page Top

#6 I hope when it's time for my dirt nap, I am remembered like Joe and some of the others no longer in the formation.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-10-25 12:19|| 2024-10-25 12:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Depends on who is setting the formation B. Wedge Formation, one up, two back, Cav in the swamp was the usual back in the day!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-10-25 15:45|| 2024-10-25 15:45|| Front Page Top

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