Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Technical Analysis Part II

National Security (with adjectives in bold):
 endangered U.S. national security (8)
 undermined our national security (12)
 inimical to our national security (15)
Ukraine experts at DOD, the State Department, and the NSC argued that it was in the national security interest of the United States to continue to support Ukraine. (19)
President Trump continued to withhold the funding to Ukraine without explanation, against the interests of U.S. national security (19)
endangered U.S. national security (34)
 the President withheld from Ukraine this military assistance without any legitimate foreign policy, national security, or anticorruption justification. (34)
 undermined U.S. national security (35)
President Trump compromised national security (35)
“If our chief representative [Ambassador Yovanovitch] is kneecapped it limits our effectiveness to safeguard the vital national security interests of the United States.” (49)
Ukraine’s significance to U.S. national security as a bulwark against Russian aggression (61)
Lt. Col. Vindman also was concerned about the potentially negative consequences of Mr. Giuliani’s political efforts on behalf of President Trump—both for U.S. national security and also Ukraine’s longstanding history of bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress (61)
The President froze military assistance to Ukraine against U.S. national security interests and over the objections of career experts. (67)
Ukraine experts at DOD, the State Department, and the National Security Council (NSC) argued that it was in the national security interest of the United States to continue to support Ukraine. (67)
 security assistance to Ukraine is vital to the national security of the United States and Europe. (68)
Despite the fact that DOD experts demonstrated that the security assistance was crucial for both Ukraine and U.S. national security and had strong bipartisan support in Congress, President Trump ordered OMB to freeze the funds in July. (71)
with the exception of OMB, all represented agencies supported Ukraine security assistance because it was in the national security interests of the United States (72)
 the assistance was consistent with the national security strategy (79)
A White House meeting was 84 also important for U.S. national security because it would have served to bolster Ukraine’s negotiating position in peace talks with Russia. (84)
the request to investigate the Bidens and his son had nothing to do with national security (89)
They both believed that Ambassador Sondland’s statements were inappropriate and “had nothing to do with national security,” and that they would not get involved with the scheme (91)
 it would undermine U.S. national security.  It would undermine our Ukraine policy, and it would undermine our national security. (105)
 contrary to the consensus recommendation of the President’s national security team (127)
 “the importance of Ukraine and the security assistance to U.S. national security”. However, Mr. Holmes worried that the national security argument might not achieve its purpose given the reasons he 130 suspected for the hold on military aid (129)
Ambassador Taylor framed the broader national security implications of President Trump’s decision (136)
importance of Ukraine to our national security (166)
 the heart of our national security dilemma (173)
 subvert the national security process,  the national security issues (180)
jeopardize national security (232)
privy to national security matters (239)
Threats of violence from the leader of our country have a chilling effect on the entire whistleblower process, with grave consequences for our democracy and national security. (261)
 privy to national security matters (281)

It seems like Schiff is saying the President Trump committed treason, although that word is not used.  In the national security world, Russia is bad and Ukraine is good, and withholding funds to Ukraine undermines national security.

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