Welp... here's the leaker. See anything suspicious? Tom Cotton's name keep coming up too. Someone in the WH nees to have a talk with him.
Alex Nelson Wong[1] (Chinese: 黃之瀚; born 1980) is an American government official and lawyer who serves as the
principal deputy national security advisor under national security advisor
Michael Waltz in the
second Trump administration. He was the deputy assistant secretary for North Korea in the
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs from 2017 to 2021.
Wong's parents immigrated to the United States from
Guangdong.
[2] Wong graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's degree with majors in
English literature and French. He completed a Juris Doctor from
Harvard Law School, where he was the managing editor of the
Harvard Law Review and an editor of the
Harvard International Law Journal. Wong clerked for
Janice Rogers Brown of the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
[3]
Wong worked in private practice with a Washington, D.C.-based international law firm. He provided
Fortune 100 clients strategic and legal advice on international trade matters, governmental investigations, and
regulatory compliance.
[3]
From 2007 to 2009, Wong served as Iraq rule of law advisor for the
U.S. Department of State, designing and managing the department's efforts to bolster Iraq's judicial branch and
anticorruption agencies.
[3] Wong served as the foreign and legal policy director for the
Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign. In that role, he was the campaign's chief official responsible for developing foreign, defense, intelligence, judicial, and law enforcement policy and closely advising the nominees on these matters.
[3]
Wong was the foreign policy advisor and general counsel to U.S. senator
Tom Cotton. He was Cotton's chief advisor on all issues related to national security, international relations, and law enforcement. He was also his legal counsel.
[3]
During the first Trump administration, Wong oversaw regional and security affairs for the
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP), including U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy. On December 1, 2017, was appointed deputy assistant secretary for North Korea in the EAP. He was dual-hatted as the deputy special representative for North Korea. In these roles, he managed all diplomatic and technical policy on North Korea in support of the
U.S. special representative for North Korea,
Stephen Biegun.
[3]
On November 22, 2024, Wong was chosen by U.S. president-elect
Donald Trump to serve as an
assistant to the president and as the
principal deputy national security advisor.
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