NPR's reporting on Tim Morrison's testimony (this Thursday) is especially interesting. He's announced his plans to leave his post immediately, but his testimony will be quite powerful for the reasons quoted below. #WednesdayWisdom npr.org/2019/10/30/774…
2-"John Gans, a former Defense Department speechwriter, said one of the ironies of Morrison being asked to testify is that officials who raised eyebrows with their hard-line views when they joined the NSC under Trump have become a source of hope for people who are concerned
3-"about the Ukraine situation. "And Tim Morrison is one of those people," said Gans, author of White House Warriors, a book about the NSC. "But in fact now we see those who are trying to get to the bottom of the impeachment are placing a lot of hope on his testimony —
4-"that he will be willing to say, despite his sort of hard-line views and despite perhaps agreeing with President Trump on some matters, that, in fact, there was a problem here on Ukraine." As the senior director responsible for that region, Morrison
5-"would be the person at the National Security Council with the closest relationship with that country's issues. "If there was a quid pro quo, he would know," said one former NSC official in the Trump administration. "He would know if there is a hold on military assistance."~NPR
