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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Army Secretary: ‘There's No Investigations' into LTC Sausage
2020-02-16
[Breitbart] Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said Friday that the service is not investigating Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council (NSC) staffer who was removed from his assignment last week after testifying during the impeachment inquiry.

Asked if the Army would be investigating or punishing Vindman, McCarthy said:
Col. Vindman was scheduled to come back to the Army ‐ he was detailed to the National Security Council ‐ by May, June timeframe, so we brought him back. So he’s got basically a bridging assignment for a couple of months within an [headquarters of the Department of the Army] assignment, and then he will be heading to a senior service college this summer. There’s no investigations into him.
President Trump was asked this week if he thought the military should punish Vindman, and he responded that it would "be up to the military."

"We’ll have to see. But if you look at what happened, they’re certainly going to, I imagine, take a look at that," he said.

Trump said that Vindman did not report his concerns about his July 25 phone call with the Ukrainian president through his chain of command at the NSC and that he "leaked, did a lot of bad things."
Posted by:Besoeker

#19  Meet Leonid Vindman.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-02-16 16:43  

#18  And what kind of dealings, if any, did Tungsten have with Burisma?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-02-16 16:14  

#17  /\ I believe we may have some notions about those interesting connections g(r)om. Unfortuately, I've yet to see many in the media make much mention of it.

Alex Vindman also has an older brother named Leonid Simon Vindman.

Leonid Simon Vindman is the “Founder and Managing Partner, Tungsten Capital Advisors” and “has approximately thirty years of experience in the financial markets,” his company website states.

“During the past twenty five years, he has been focusing predominantly on Central Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia where he completed some of the biggest investment and advisory transactions in the region,” according to the website. “He also completed transactions in the Middle East, and traveled extensively in Asia and Africa.”

The page continues: “Prior to founding Tungsten he was a Managing Director responsible for investment banking origination and client coverage activities for Russia and CIS region at UniCredit Group – the largest international bank in Central and Eastern Europe at that time. Previously he worked as a Vice President Investment Banking at JPMorgan Chase, Principal Banker at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the EBRD), Senior Associate at Bankers Trust and Manager at Central Europe Trust.”

Leonid Vindman “received his Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business,” his company website says.

The company’s founding and managing partner Maria Starkova-Vindman is described as “an art historian and art advisor” who previously “worked at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow as an assistant keeper and curator, and taught on the Courtauld MA course on global contemporary art.”

Link
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-02-16 16:05  

#16  ^International banker + 2 field grade officers is not middle class TW. I've relatives in Brighton Beach myself - Vindmans ARE atypical. Makes one wonder, who/what Semyon was in Soviet Union and what he brought from there?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-16 15:57  

#15   Lots of ex Soviet Jews in USA - how many have comparable results?

The group bifurcated — some, like the Vindmans, have done quite well, while others languished in low-paid jobs, never properly assimilated to their new home. The trailing daughters were friends with the son of Soviet Jewish immigrants in the second group. The parents, though educated, ended up divorcing because the husband could not keep a job, while the wife finally left Cincinnati to become a cook in Las Vegas. The two older daughters achieved comfortable, middle class lives after university, while the son, like so many of his American age mates, is just climbing out of the post-college Bro stage.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-02-16 15:45  

#14  #12 Lots of ex Soviet Jews in USA - how many have comparable results?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-16 13:03  

#13  Next assignment? I see a staff position directing the prototype NextGen Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
On To Retirement!
Posted by: ed in texas   2020-02-16 12:55  

#12   Q. Isn't the whole family: one high banking executive and two LTC's; a bit too successful for first generation emigrants?

The Vindmans were Soviet Jews, so no.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-02-16 12:35  

#11  Q. Isn't the whole family: one high banking executive and two LTC's; a bit too successful for first generation emigrants?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-16 08:40  

#10  He was pissed Trump didn't recite his talking points in his phone call with Zelensky
Posted by: Frank G   2020-02-16 08:34  

#9  Book deals are so 20th Century. Now it's a Netflix deal.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-02-16 08:26  

#8  will there be a book deal ?

As only lefties would buy / read it "US Military for Dummies."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-02-16 08:15  

#7  His own ideological and political bent got the best of him or he was following instructions. Of course it could have been a combination. In any case, all of those years of training and development wasted. His utility as a political-military asset are now totally fok'd. I suppose the obvious next question is.....will there be a book deal ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-02-16 08:01  

#6  Track down his sponsors. Let them know they chose poorly.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-02-16 07:51  

#5  “Chow Thief” – Rangers Wanted Alexander Vindman Removed from Ranger School

Despite not having the respect of his peers, Vindman was pushed through due to his language proficiency.

Grooming ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-02-16 07:31  

#4  BTW, the promotion list is a 'recommendation' by the board through the Secretary to the WH. The White House submits it to Congress for approval. Anyone who can recall Tailhook knows that is not automatic.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-02-16 07:26  

#3  Future promotions and assignments, however, are iffy.

Ever read an officer promotion order?

"Attention to orders: Headquarters, Department of the Army, The president of the United States has reposed special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity and abilities of [NAME]. In view of these qualities and his/her demonstrated potential for increased responsibility, [NAME] is promoted to [NEW RANK] with a date of rank of [DATE]."

...when hell freezes over.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-02-16 07:23  

#2  
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-02-16 03:20  

#1  Of course there won't be an 'Army investigation.' He wasn't working for the Army, he hadn't been for many years.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-02-16 03:15  

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