{"id":7036,"date":"2020-06-12T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fired-state-dept-watchdog-steve-linick-probed-for-possible-press-leaks\/"},"modified":"2020-06-12T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T17:28:00","slug":"fired-state-dept-watchdog-steve-linick-probed-for-possible-press-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fired-state-dept-watchdog-steve-linick-probed-for-possible-press-leaks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fired State Dept. watchdog Steve Linick probed for possible press leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Fired State Dept. watchdog Steve Linick probed for possible press leaks<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 12, 2020 |<\/span> 1:28pm |<\/span> Updated June 12, 2020 | 2:00pm<\/span><\/p>\n

\n WASHINGTON \u2014 Fired State Department watchdog Steve Linick was the subject of a major investigation when he was ousted last month, accused of repeatedly sending classified information to his personal email account \u2014 which sparked fears he was leaking sensitive information to the press, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n

After being dismissed by President Trump on May 15 at the urging of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Congressional Democrats claimed that Linick was fired because he had launched a probe into whether Pompeo and his wife were misusing State Department resources.<\/p>\n

But a tranche of documents obtained by The Post reveals Linick was being investigated by the Department of Defense as part of a probe related to alleged leaks of sensitive information to journalists, including a draft evaluation of the department\u2019s top Iran official, Brian Hook.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, Rep. Eliot Engel (D. NY), chairman of the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee, ignored repeated offers from Pompeo and top aides at the department to testify and explain why Linick was fired.<\/p>\n

In a March 17 report following a sweeping probe, the Defense Department IG confirmed Linick was guilty of misconduct after he sent more than 23 emails containing confidential material to his personal Gmail account \u2014 including eight times over a six-day period.<\/p>\n

He was the only person in the department to send the evaluation of Hook to his personal email address, rousing suspicions that he was behind the politically-motivated leaks to the press.<\/p>\n

In testimony earlier this month, Obama-app<\/a>ointed Linick told the Foreign Affairs Committee that he was stunned by his dismissal after Trump declared that he \u201cno longer\u201d had the \u201cfullest confidence\u201d in Linick\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

But internal documents reveal Linick, who served in the job since 2013, was handed the findings of the Defense Dept. probe in March, which found he violated the rules of his post by sending sensitive information to his personal email address.<\/p>\n

In a June 11 letter to Engel, Pompeo described Linick\u2019s behavior as \u201cstrange and erratic\u201d and lashed into the powerful Democrat for refusing offers of explanation from\u00a0Deputy Secretary of State<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Stephen Biegun and Brian Bulatao, the under-secretary of state for management.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI need an inspector general<\/a> working every day to improve State Department operations and efficiency. Mr. Linick was not that person,\u201d Pompeo wrote.<\/p>\n

Pompeo also took at shot at Engel, who is facing a fierce primary challenge in his New York district\u00a0 this month.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI hear you\u2019ve been busy in your district, so let me get you up to speed on what\u2019s been happening in your committee,\u201d Pompeo wrote, including a footnote referring to a news<\/a> report which claimed Engel was \u201cfighting for his political survival.\u201d<\/p>\n

In letters to Engel, Pomeo and Biegun also denied claims that Linick was ousted because Pompeo knew he was being investigated by the watchdog.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, I have maintained a firewall related to any Inspector General discussions to preclude \u2014 to the maximum extent practicable \u2014 the Secretary of State\u2019s involvement in any specific investigations,\u201d Biegun wrote to Engel.<\/p>\n

Linick, a former assistant U.S. attorney in California and Virginia, had overseen inspector general reports that were highly critical of the department\u2019s management policies during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

His office had criticized several Trump appointees for their treatment of career staff for apparently being insufficiently supportive of Trump and his policies.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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