A State Dept. watchdog faulted President Trump's top diplomat on Iran for sidelining a career employee after her loyalty was questioned by officials who cited her Iranian American heritage and her work under the previous administration.
Nowrouzzadeh was removed in 2017 from her position in the Office of Policy Planning, a high-level office that was led at the time by Hook, several months ahead of schedule after"significant discussion" of her"perceived political views, association with former administrations, and perceived national origin," according to the inspector general's report.
Nowrouzzadeh forwarded the article attacking her to Hook and asked for his"thoughts on ways to respond to the article and potentially correct the record," the report said. She alleged that the author previously personally targeted her and expressed concerns about her physical and online safety. Hook did not respond to her email, according to the report.
The report acknowledged"it did not identify emails or other documents in which Mr. Hook suggested that he was personally motivated to end the detail because of Employee One's perceived political opinions, perceived place of birth, or similar issues, and no witnesses made such statements." "Brian did not cover himself with glory in this regard,"the former official told NBC News."His own ambition, his own insecurity kind of won over. He was prepared to offer her up as a sacrifice in order to bolster his bona fides" with the Trump team."It was an act of cowardice."
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