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2020-02-10 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Impeachment witness LTC Sausage to attend prestigious Army War College after White House ouster
[PennLive] A witness who testified in the investigation that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial will be coming to Carlisle.
He could be looking over his shoulder for a very long time.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was ousted from his post on the National Security Council Friday, will start classes at the U.S. Army War College this summer, CBS News is reporting.

The decorated combat veteran will return to the Department of the Army for reassignment until he reports to Carlisle in July.

Vindman, who had told Congress in November he didn’t think it was proper for the president to urge the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, was escorted from the White House on Friday. His attorney, David Pressman, said Vindman was asked to leave in retaliation "for telling the truth."

Vindman’s twin brother, Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman, also was asked to leave his job as a White House lawyer on Friday, the Army said in a statement, according to the Associated Press.

Gordon Sondland, Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, was also released.

According to The Washington Post, the post-impeachment firings released some key figures who complied with congressional subpoenas and testified in a process Trump called a "hoax" and a "witch hunt."

"I’m not happy with him," Trump told reporters Friday when asked about Vindman’s future. "You think I’m supposed to be happy with him? I’m not."

The president’s critics are not surprised at the dismissals.

"These are the actions of a man who believes he is above the law," Rep. Adam B. Schiff, the California Democrat and lead House impeachment manager, told the New York Times.

The White House would not discuss the Vindman situation, only saying it does not comment on personnel matters.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-10 04:57|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 So the fellow who never commanded anything above company level and hasn't worn a uniform in decades, was boarded and will soon attend the prestigious Army War College.

LTC Sausage was 'exempted' from normal career selection gates? I see. I take it his upcoming promotion ceremony will be a very private affair. Additional questions? No, I believe I have it now.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-10 05:08||   2020-02-10 05:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Treason never doth prosper - for what reason?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-10 05:30||   2020-02-10 05:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Nothing yet on Sausage's older brother Leonid.

....A third brother Leonid Vindman, who reportedly was fined $1.3 billion when he worked for Unicredit for violating trading sanctions by trafficking nuclear energy materials to Libya and Iran, runs Tungsten Capital an investment firm with ties to former Soviet satellite countries.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-10 05:39||   2020-02-10 05:39|| Front Page Top

#4 "Pay no attention to the Ukrainian money launderer / sanctions-buster / Iranian nukes-enabler... Lookee here! Peach Mint! SchiffShow!"
Posted by Lex 2020-02-10 06:19||   2020-02-10 06:19|| Front Page Top

#5 It’s not like they can let him actually command anything, and this way they can keep him at an empty desk for half a year without anyone fussing about it. A lot can happen in half a year when the commander-in-chief knows your name.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-02-10 06:29||   2020-02-10 06:29|| Front Page Top

#6 /\ Excellent point TW. Too many years behind the 'Green Door.' He's a walking hand grenade. No one wants this fellow going full 'John Bolton' with a tell-all book right now. Get him off 'center stage.' Give him a short sabbatical to do some leisure reading, rest up, and get his PT program re-energized before reporting to Carlisle Barracks.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-10 06:37||   2020-02-10 06:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Three Rs. Reserve advisor, Recruiting command, ROTC duty. I'll take number 3. North Dakota State University? University of Alaska - Fairbanks? University of Idaho?
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-10 07:29||   2020-02-10 07:29|| Front Page Top

#8 U Hawaii-Manoa
Posted by Lex 2020-02-10 07:31||   2020-02-10 07:31|| Front Page Top

#9 Hey - here's a video of Vindman being selected into the college, and here he is in his first week. He's gonna do just fine!
Posted by Raj 2020-02-10 08:04||   2020-02-10 08:04|| Front Page Top

#10 May you live in interesting times.
May the Emperor know your name.
May the Emperor's concubine speak fondly of you.
Snark O'The Day
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-02-10 08:34||   2020-02-10 08:34|| Front Page Top

#11 He should be sitting and awaiting court martial for crimes.
Posted by Silentbrick 2020-02-10 11:13||   2020-02-10 11:13|| Front Page Top

#12 OH, Whiskey, I am SO gonna steal that.
Posted by Mercutio 2020-02-10 12:08||   2020-02-10 12:08|| Front Page Top

#13 Medal Of Honor Recipient Says LTC Vindman Was A ‘Spotlighter’ Whose Own Peers Wanted Him Out
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2020-02-10 12:44||   2020-02-10 12:44|| Front Page Top

#14 So this fat POS takes up a seat that should go to a real warrior.
I thought Obama had left the White House.....
Posted by USN, Ret.  2020-02-10 13:59||   2020-02-10 13:59|| Front Page Top

#15 Three Rs. Reserve advisor, Recruiting command, ROTC duty. I'll take number 3. North Dakota State University? University of Alaska - Fairbanks? University of Idaho?

No. There are some good guys to be recruited in those places. Put him in San Francisco.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-02-10 14:10||   2020-02-10 14:10|| Front Page Top

#16 not the University of Idaho! please....
Posted by 746 2020-02-10 15:12||   2020-02-10 15:12|| Front Page Top

#17 Loan him to Ukraine as a military adviser.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-10 16:02||   2020-02-10 16:02|| Front Page Top

#18 Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC
Posted by Beavis 2020-02-10 16:10||   2020-02-10 16:10|| Front Page Top

#19 not the University of Idaho! please....

...well, it is in Moscow.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-10 16:20||   2020-02-10 16:20|| Front Page Top

#20 Exempt from readiness test? Just killed a good kid at Annapolis the other day.
Posted by Glenmore 2020-02-10 17:22||   2020-02-10 17:22|| Front Page Top

#21 Hmm. My son Tom (an Air Force Major - Major Tom!) may be assigned to a joint command at Ft. McNair, the site of the Army War College. If so, I will tell him to keep a lookout for LtCol Sausage. Too bad Tom isn't a LtCol himself yet. At this point he will have to salute the fat POS if he sees him.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2020-02-10 18:15||   2020-02-10 18:15|| Front Page Top

#22 Ref #21: At this point he will have to salute the fat POS if he sees him.

Probably not. The students wear Mufti (civilian attire).
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-10 18:30||   2020-02-10 18:30|| Front Page Top

#23 re #22: I haven't been to Ft McNair since 1979, when I was a Lieutenant (Navy). We wore uniforms.

I wasn't a student; my reserve unit was putting on a seminar for the Navy.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2020-02-10 19:00||   2020-02-10 19:00|| Front Page Top

#24 Civilian clothing is worn extensively both on and off duty. You will need complete summer and winter service uniforms, including a heavy overcoat and a raincoat. There are a few occasions when you will need your Class A or dress uniform.

The U.S. Army War College (USAWC) Chief of Staff, and/or Dean of the School of Strategic Land power, is responsible for designating the proper dress for academic activities on the USAWC Weekly Schedule.

Link
Posted by Besoeker 2020-02-10 19:08||   2020-02-10 19:08|| Front Page Top

#25 Army War College is at Carlisle Barracks, PA.

Industrial College of the Armed Forces, now, the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy is at Fort McNair.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-10 19:17||   2020-02-10 19:17|| Front Page Top

#26 My bad. I confused the Army War College with the National War College, which is located at Ft. McNair.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2020-02-10 19:58||   2020-02-10 19:58|| Front Page Top

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