Ezra Cohen
Ezra Asa Cohen-Watnick | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 18, 1986[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Senior Director for Intelligence Programs |
| Spouse | Rebecca Miller |
Ezra Asa Cohen-Watnick is the Senior Director for Intelligence Programs for the United States National Security Council (NSC). His position on the Council was opposed by National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster, but supported by President Donald Trump.[2] According to the New York Times, Cohen-Watnick, along with White House Counsel Michael Ellis, provided Representative Devin Nunes with intelligence reports suggesting that members of Trump's campaign team had been subjected to incidental surveillance by the United States intelligence community.[3][4]
Early Life and Career
Cohen-Watnick graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2008.[5] Before joining the White House, Cohen-Watnick worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).[6]
Personal Life
Cohen-Watnick married Rebecca Miller, and is a member of the Ohr Kodesh Congregation in Washington, D.C.[7]
References
- ^ "Ezra Asa Cohen- Watnick". VoterRecords.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ Vogel, Kenneth P.; Johnson, Eliana (March 4, 2017). "Trump steps in to keep 30-year-old NSC aide". Politico.
President Donald Trump has overruled a decision by his national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, to sideline a key intelligence operative who fell out of favor with some at the Central Intelligence Agency, two sources told POLITICO [...]On Friday, McMaster told the National Security Council's senior director for intelligence programs, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, that he would be moved to another position in the organization [...] But Cohen-Watnick appealed McMaster's decision to two influential allies with whom he had forged a relationship while working on Trump's transition team — White House advisers Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner. They brought the matter to Trump on Sunday, and the president agreed that Cohen-Watnick should remain as the NSC's intelligence director, according to two people with knowledge of the episode.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "2 White House officials helped give secret intelligence reports to committee chairman". New York Times via Alaska Dispatch. March 30, 2017.
Several current U.S. officials identified the White House officials as Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the senior director for intelligence at the National Security Council, and Michael Ellis, a lawyer who works on national security issues at the White House Counsel's Office and formerly worked on the staff of the House Intelligence Committee.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Blake, Aaron (March 30, 2017). "Things just went from bad to worse for Devin Nunes and the White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
The New York Times just reported that two White House officials helped provide Nunes with information that President Trump and his associates had been swept up in legal surveillance, just before Nunes briefed Trump himself and then disclosed some of the information to the media and to the House Intelligence Committee that he chairs. The Times' sources identified the officials as Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the senior director for intelligence at the National Security Council, and Michael Ellis, national security lawyer in the Office of White House Counsel
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "2008 Commencement Program" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania University Archives. p. 21. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
Bachelor of Arts [...] Ezra A. Cohen-Watnick
- ^ DeYoung, Karen (March 15, 2017). "Tension between CIA and Trump White House persists over personnel and policy". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
On Friday, McMaster told Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a 30-year-old former Defense Intelligence Agency operative brought on board by McMaster's ousted predecessor, Michael Flynn, that he was being moved to another job from his position as senior NSC director for intelligence programs.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); soft hyphen character in|quote=at position 125 (help) - ^ "OKC Weekly News, Friday, November 11, 2016: On Shabbat: Bar Mitzvah of Drew Sadikman, Aufruf of Ezra Cohen-Watnick and Rebecca Miller". Ohr Kodesh. November 11, 2016. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
[...] and we will celebrate the aufruf of Ezra Cohen-Watnick and Rebecca Miller.