More on the telecommunications EO. ‘The committee’ consists of 1...Sec of Defense (Esper), 2...AG (Barr), 3...Sec of homeland security (Wolf, acting), and anyone else POTUS deems fit, with AG being the chairman.  ALL other govt positions, unless deemed otherwise by POTUS, are in advisory roles ONLY, meaning their votes do not count.  They don’t even have a vote.  Read on... (e)  The Committee shall attempt to reach consensus on any recommendation authorized by this order.  If senior executive Committee officials designated pursuant to subsection 3(e) of this order cannot reach consensus on a recommendation, the Chair shall present the issue to the Committee Members, who shall determine the Committee recommendation by majority vote.  If the vote results in a tie, the Chair shall determine the recommendation. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-establishing-committee-assessment-foreign-participation-united-states-telecommunications-services-sector/ ‘The chair serves the master’. - Q Q2263 - Fake news about to shift narrative against their masters in effort to weather the storm?   This EO gives POTUS ultimate leverage.  If you’re here, then you already know that our media are fucking vicious liars who are poisoning America.  He can now basically say, report the truth, or you’re off the air, period.  He could possibly even force them to do it. Edit:  Bad choice of words on earlier post.  This EO/POTUS did not ‘undo’ anything Barry did regarding the smith-mundt act, but it does override the shit out of it.