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There needed to be a major review of processes and actions taken to resolve any gaps

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to inform his own deputy and even President Joe Biden that he had been hospitalized and could not perform his duties for an extended period of time revealed the systematic incompetence of the entire Biden administration, former US defense officials told Sputnik.

Austin underwent an initial medical procedure on December 22 and then suffered severe pain on January 1 after which he was admitted to intensive care at Walter Reed military hospital in Maryland.

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks assumed some of Austin’s duties on January 2, but she had no idea what had happened to him at that time. Hicks was only informed of his hospitalization on January 4.

The White House was also kept in the dark for four days about Austin’s condition. Air Force General C. Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was told on January 2 that Austin was hospitalized. But, for some reason, he failed to inform the White House, leaving the Defense Department leaderless while war raged in both Ukraine and between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza.

Incompetence on All Levels

Retired CIA analyst Philip Giraldi, founder and chair of the Council for the National Interest, said the chaos, disorganization and incompetence extended well beyond Biden and Austin personally but throughout their entire administration.”The lack of competency … as far as I am concerned, extends throughout the entire Biden administration inner circle. We are in for a rough 2024!” Giraldi said.

Retired Pentagon analyst Chuck Spinney further noted that Deputy Defense Secretary Hicks had no scientific or engineering background, or the kind of military management that the Defense Department always needed.

“Hicks … has a PhD in political science, but no history of real scientific and engineering training and no experience in managing the subtle, technologically intensive, bureaucratically complex infighting strategies of the Pentagon’s bureaucracy – with its many hidden as well as obvious nodes of independent interests and informal power sharing relations,” Spinney said.

Because Hicks lacked so much necessary experience and expertise, putting her in charge, even if only temporarily, could have generated even more chaos and confusion in the US military establishment, Spinney said.

“Now ask yourself the question: Which would you prefer: Keeping an ineffectual Secretary of Defense’s incapacitating illness secret or putting a more incompetent Deputy Secretary of Defense with an ambitious penchant for pushing hair-brained techno visions in charge of a Pentagon that is already clearly out of control?” Spinney asked.

Biden might be better advised to leave the ailing Austin in titular charge of the US armed forces from his hospital bed rather than hand over leadership and control, even if only temporarily, to Hicks, Spinney said.

“Perhaps, like the White House, the lesser of two evils is to let the Pentagon run on autopilot instead of invoking the line of temporary succession,” Spinney added.

Former Assistant Defense Secretary for International Security Affairs Chas Freeman, who served in that post during the Clinton administration, agreed that the scandal revealed the incompetence of Austin and his inner circle. Asked whether this was an instance of their lack of capability to perform competently and responsibly, he asnwered, “You got it.”

Scandal During Time of Great Danger & Instability

Retired US Army Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen, an international consultant and former vice president of the Eurasia Foundation, observed that the scandal had broken and embarrassed Biden and Austin at a time of great danger and instability in global affairs.

“[It is an] interesting and awkward situation. Especially in light of the complex global environment that we are heavily involved in,” Rasmussen said.

Many questions still remained to be answered, Rasmussen said.

“What was the procedure? What caused an emergency situation and subsequent admission to the hospital? Who was informed and at what level? What actions were in place to ensure Secretary Austin’s duties were being performed?” Rasmussen asked.

Typically, one would think that Hicks would have been informed prior to any type of procedure or absence, Rasmussen noted.

“In an emergency situation, such as what subsequently occurred, one would assume that either the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary would have at a minimum notified the President’s Chief of Staff and potentially other principles. … We still are left wondering about the transparency within this administration,” he said.

Both Austin and Hicks bore responsibility for the ignorance, lack of communication and chaos caused by the Defense Secretary’s unacknowledged extended absence, Rasmussen said.

“Is Secretary Austin responsible for the apparent lapse? Ultimately, yes. However, depending on the urgency of the situation, one could understand why he may have not been able to react accordingly. In that case, the Deputy Secretary had that responsibility and, one would assume, was in constant contact with the Secretary, health care providers at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as well as the White House,” Rasmussen also said.

There needed to be a major review of processes and actions taken to resolve any gaps, Rasmussen added.

On Monday, the US Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed acknowledged in an official statement that the incident was a serious one and he called for transparency and accountability in the Defense Department.

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4-month-old left outside random D.C. house after thieves steal idling SUV

A 4-month-old baby was dropped off outside a random home in Washington D.C. after thieves stole the car in which she was sitting over the weekend, authorities say.

The harrowing incident unfolded just after 6 p.m. on Friday evening in Georgetown, an upscale neighborhood in the nation’s capital. 

The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) received a 911 call from a woman saying her Jeep SUV had been stolen after she left it idling with her child inside.

MPD reportedly made immediate preparations to launch a full-scale search that included air support.

However, approximately an hour later, an MPD officer was flagged down on Pennsylvania Avenue by a person reporting that a baby in a car seat had been found on a porch outside a nearby home. 

The child was not injured and was reunited with her family, an MPD spokesman explained at a press conference. 

The vehicle remained missing as of Saturday, according to the latest available updates. 

MPD recorded 126 motor vehicle thefts through the first eight days of 2024, down slightly from 139 during the same period last year.

In 2023, 6,829 motor vehicle thefts were recorded in the nation’s capital, an increase of 82% from 2022.

InfoWars has been documenting the surge of crime across the United States, including carjackings, ‘street takeovers,’ smash-and-grab loot mobs, home invasions, and physical attacks on innocent victims.

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The New York City Jewish Chabad secret tunnel temple has been linked to child sexual abuse for at least 30 years, which it refused to report to proper authorities. The Jewish Chabad movement, which dug […]

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In-person classes for American high school students will be suspended over the following day, as illegals temporarily relocated during extreme weather event.

A high school in New York City will be used to temporarily accommodate over 2,000 illegal immigrants, with students told they will instead take classes online remotely.

Mayor Eric Adams (D) ordered the relocation of illegals currently occupying a shelter at Floyd Bennett Field to James Madison High School, amid a winter storm set to bring rain, snow and extremely high wind gusts.

NY Daily News reports, “About two dozen yellow school buses began lining up outside the shelters at Floyd Bennett late Tuesday afternoon.”

The mayor’s office on Tuesday released a statement reading, “The health and safety of migrants in our care is always a top priority, which is why we are currently overseeing the relocation of 1,900 guests from the humanitarian emergency response and relief center at Floyd Bennett Field due to an updated forecast with increased wind speeds estimated to be at over 70 MPH tonight.”

“This relocation is a proactive measure being taken out of an abundance of caution to ensure the safety and well-being of individuals working and living at the center.”

Meanwhile, in-person classes for American high school students will be suspended over the following day.

NY Daily News writes:

As a result of the relocation, students at Madison won’t be attending classes in-person and instead will be taught remotely, according to a Department of Education memo obtained by the Daily News. According to an Education Department source, migrant families are scheduled to leave the building before classes start Wednesday morning, but the school’s principal Jodie Cohen requested that the school operate remotely anyway.

Local legislators criticized the mayor’s office, chastising the administration for using Bennett Field as a temporary shelter despite their previous warnings against doing so.

“These are the concerns that we shared with the administration from Day One,” said Republican District 32 councilwoman Joann Ariola. “I hate to say ‘I told you so,’ but I told you so.”

RELATED: Brooklyn Residents Outraged Illegals Being Housed In Elementary School Gymnasium

“We need to halt this whole failed project immediately, and end our status as a right to shelter city,” she later added.

Republican Councilwoman Inna Vernikov blasted Adams and the Biden administration for the crisis now affecting students.

“There are approximately 4,000 students who attend Madison High School. Their parents are rightfully concerned. Our constituents who live in the vicinity are concerned for their safety and wellbeing,” Vernikov wrote.

“This incident confirms what we knew all along, the camp at Floyd Bennett Field is unsustainable,” wrote New York State Assembly candidate Thomas P. Sullivan.

Members of Adams’ own party also criticized the relocation, with City Comptroller Brad Lander characterizing the move as an example of “the mismanagement and waste of money that is all-too-present in City Hall’s approach to shelter and services for asylum seekers.”

As The Big Apple continues to deal with fallout from America’s collapsed southern border, it remains to be seen if NYC will revise its Sanctuary City policies and tell illegals they’re not welcome.

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Wenheng Zhao sentenced to two years in jail after pleading guilty to transmitting secret files to Chinese spy

The US Justice Department announced Monday that a Navy Officer was sentenced to just over two years in jail for using his security clearance to provide American military data to a Chinese spy in exchange for money.

“A U.S. Navy service member was sentenced today to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay a $5,500 fine for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to an intelligence officer from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in exchange for bribery payments,” the DOJ stated.

26-year-old Wenheng Zhao of Monterey Park, California, a Chinese-born naturalized U.S. citizen, is the man named in the government press release. 

The FBI Los Angeles ? account also issued a statement about the ruling, writing, “Today should make it very clear that the FBI and our partners in the military and at the U.S. Attorney’s Office will hold accountable anyone who succumbs to advances by the Chinese or any U.S. adversary, and in doing so, puts American secrets and American lives at risk.”

Responses to the LA FBI social media post pointed out the two-year sentence for trading secret military intelligence is a “slap on the wrist,” and many noted many peaceful January 6th protesters were hit with far more lengthy sentences.

According to The Washington Post, the average prison time for the 244 Jan. 6 defendants charged with felonies was 41.1 months, or 3½ years.

Popular ? account Libs of TikTok wrote, “A Navy Sailor was sentenced to 27 months in prison for spying for China and giving them military secrets. A January 6th attendee received 17 years in prison for knocking over a fence. The Biden DOJ is intentionally weakening America and being weaponized against political opponents.”

Former Proud Boys leader “Enrique” Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison despite never stepping foot in D.C. on Jan. 6th, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was given an 18-year prison term, military veteran Ethan Nordean got 18 years, former Infowars reporter Joe Biggs received 17 years, and Philadelphia Proud Boys president Zachary Rehl was sentenced to 15 years.

The U.S. judicial system is currently flipped upside down as the ruling class openly weaponizes the law against the establishment’s political opposition.

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