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Vera Bergen-Gruen

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150 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

Yes and no. It's not an agency that necessarily stops working when something like this happens. But of course, you know, you remove the head of the agency and his deputy very abruptly. That's a lot of experience and institutional knowledge that leaves. But really, it's the uncertainty that this creates. And again, the uncertainty.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

Yes and no. It's not an agency that necessarily stops working when something like this happens. But of course, you know, you remove the head of the agency and his deputy very abruptly. That's a lot of experience and institutional knowledge that leaves. But really, it's the uncertainty that this creates. And again, the uncertainty.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

Yes and no. It's not an agency that necessarily stops working when something like this happens. But of course, you know, you remove the head of the agency and his deputy very abruptly. That's a lot of experience and institutional knowledge that leaves. But really, it's the uncertainty that this creates. And again, the uncertainty.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

fear in many senses that they could be next, that, you know, that this is just a very destabilizing move to do. It also, you know, raises the question of who could be bringing other people to someone like Loomer's attention, who feels like they can, you know, push certain people out.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

fear in many senses that they could be next, that, you know, that this is just a very destabilizing move to do. It also, you know, raises the question of who could be bringing other people to someone like Loomer's attention, who feels like they can, you know, push certain people out.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

fear in many senses that they could be next, that, you know, that this is just a very destabilizing move to do. It also, you know, raises the question of who could be bringing other people to someone like Loomer's attention, who feels like they can, you know, push certain people out.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

There could be a lot of, you know, there could be either foreign adversaries or others who maybe consider Loomer a valuable person to raise these people to.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

There could be a lot of, you know, there could be either foreign adversaries or others who maybe consider Loomer a valuable person to raise these people to.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

There could be a lot of, you know, there could be either foreign adversaries or others who maybe consider Loomer a valuable person to raise these people to.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

And just in general, the fact that this could be enough that claiming that you are not fully loyal to the president and that definition tends to vary day by day is enough to push out such a high level agency head is is destabilizing on its own, even though the agency, of course, will continue doing its job.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

And just in general, the fact that this could be enough that claiming that you are not fully loyal to the president and that definition tends to vary day by day is enough to push out such a high level agency head is is destabilizing on its own, even though the agency, of course, will continue doing its job.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

And just in general, the fact that this could be enough that claiming that you are not fully loyal to the president and that definition tends to vary day by day is enough to push out such a high level agency head is is destabilizing on its own, even though the agency, of course, will continue doing its job.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

She seems to have set her sights on Earl Matthews next, who's Trump's nominee to be the Pentagon's top lawyer. And she seems to be taking issue with the fact that he was responsible, or she says he was responsible, for getting Hexeth blocked from working at Biden's inauguration because of some tattoos he has, which are tied to extremist movements.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

She seems to have set her sights on Earl Matthews next, who's Trump's nominee to be the Pentagon's top lawyer. And she seems to be taking issue with the fact that he was responsible, or she says he was responsible, for getting Hexeth blocked from working at Biden's inauguration because of some tattoos he has, which are tied to extremist movements.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

She seems to have set her sights on Earl Matthews next, who's Trump's nominee to be the Pentagon's top lawyer. And she seems to be taking issue with the fact that he was responsible, or she says he was responsible, for getting Hexeth blocked from working at Biden's inauguration because of some tattoos he has, which are tied to extremist movements.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

And apparently they saw them, they told him he couldn't work the inauguration because at that time they were being very careful with anyone associated with extremist symbols. But she seems to have taken real issue with him. And whereas in the past, she used to go after people every single day on Twitter and no one seemed to pay attention.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

And apparently they saw them, they told him he couldn't work the inauguration because at that time they were being very careful with anyone associated with extremist symbols. But she seems to have taken real issue with him. And whereas in the past, she used to go after people every single day on Twitter and no one seemed to pay attention.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

And apparently they saw them, they told him he couldn't work the inauguration because at that time they were being very careful with anyone associated with extremist symbols. But she seems to have taken real issue with him. And whereas in the past, she used to go after people every single day on Twitter and no one seemed to pay attention.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

Now everyone's really worried whenever she brings anyone up. The other noteworthy thing is that unlike the other people who Laura Loomer basically got fired, who haven't said anything, Earl Matthews posted a long response on Twitter where he kind of seemed to imply that somebody was putting her up to this. He said, you know, you have to ask yourself who benefits from this.

Today, Explained
Laura Loomered the NSA

Now everyone's really worried whenever she brings anyone up. The other noteworthy thing is that unlike the other people who Laura Loomer basically got fired, who haven't said anything, Earl Matthews posted a long response on Twitter where he kind of seemed to imply that somebody was putting her up to this. He said, you know, you have to ask yourself who benefits from this.