A newly appointed Trump national security council aide and longtime behavioral change analyst worked until recently for the parent of Cambridge Analytica, the controversial political data company whose role in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is drawing scrutiny for its alleged improper use of private Facebook data.
Kirsten Fontenrose joined the Trump White House in March as the NSC senior director for Gulf Affairs. There is no indication that Fontenrose, who also has worked for the State Department and U.S. military, was involved in Cambridge’s election effort or any other activities that have come under scrutiny by investigators.
But her work for Cambridge’s parent company, SCL Group, underscores the firm’s influence in Trump’s Washington, even as critics say that its government contracts deserve additional scrutiny because of the company’s often-controversial work overseas.
It also sheds light on how SCL Group has quietly but aggressively exploited the U.S. government’s outsourcing of some intelligence, military and diplomatic efforts to private contractors, in part by hiring former national security officials like Fontenrose, and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who went on to become Trump’s first national security adviser.
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A newly-appointed Trump national security council aide worked until recently for the parent firm of Cambridge Analytica https://t.co/WJDHQa6QeT via @JoshMeyerDC pic.twitter.com/0ZSSpiVXrl
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