One of the interesting issues that ethicists will need to study a generation from now is, how these lower-level aides (Vindman, Taylor, Troye) have the courage to speak out and be willing to take incoming from Fox et al, while their bosses and their bosses' bosses stay quiet
https://twitter.com/BGrueskin/status/1306691813907017736
From a new @sbg1 interview:
"This is what struck me most during my conversation with Troye: she is young, only 43, with a long career ahead of her, and she was willing to put it all on the line publicly, while people like Mattis and Kelly were not" ...
newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
"This is what struck me most during my conversation with Troye: she is young, only 43, with a long career ahead of her, and she was willing to put it all on the line publicly, while people like Mattis and Kelly were not" ...
newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
... "Troye, with much more to lose—and with none of the stature of a former member of Congress or a former Marine general—had much more courage than all of them. She went ahead when they have not, knowing that she would be attacked"
newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
And now we have another example of a lower-level government employee speaking up, while the higher-ups stay mum
https://twitter.com/alex_mallin/status/1309623112342872064
“It’s now or never,” says @MilesTaylorUSA, a former Trump aide who spoke out several weeks ago.
The story also says that former DHS Secretary “Kirstjen Nielsen appears disinclined to step forward,” perhaps because she couldn’t withstand the scrutiny
apnews.com/article/electi…
The story also says that former DHS Secretary “Kirstjen Nielsen appears disinclined to step forward,” perhaps because she couldn’t withstand the scrutiny
apnews.com/article/electi…
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