Biden's choice of Bitar for a senior intelligence role within the NSC is largely forgotten, though it generated considerable controversy in the immediate aftermath of Bitar's appointment in 2021.
Bitar had the opportunity to implement these views as he rubbed shoulders with many of the key foreign policy decision-makers in the Obama and Biden administrations on his ascent to his top intelligence post in the current Biden administration.
Bitar appears in another email chain originating in an email from Jake Sullivan to Hillary Clinton regarding sensitivities surrounding Abbas' visit to the US. Bitar went on from his State Department position to serve on Obama's National Security Council as Director for Israel and Palestinian Affairs.
Malley seemed to confirm as much in his public statement congratulating Bitar for his new perch as top intelligence official in Biden's NSC. Malley describes Bitar as a "Wonderful colleague, and dear friend."
Lost in much of the commentary on Bitar is the fact that he played a major role in the first impeachment of Donald Trump, working as a top aide to Adam "Shifty" Schiff no less in his capacity as general counsel for House Intelligence Committee Democrats.
As if Bitar and his associations weren't disgraceful enough, we have discovered yet another one of Bitar's friends and colleagues to serve as the cherry on top of this disgraceful bureaucrat-none other than Norm Eisen.
The recent scrutiny of Biden's questionable Middle East policy team, including Bitar, may be an opportunity to arrest whatever further ascension Bitar may have enjoyed.
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