“How did this happen?” Milley asked. “Was there any process here at all? How does a president do this?” O’Brien looked at the memo and read. “I have no idea,” he said. “What do you mean you have no idea? You’re the national security adviser to the president. You’re telling me you didn’t know about this?” “No, I didn’t know about this,” O’Brien said. “And the secretary of defense didn’t know about this? And the chief of staff to the secretary of defense didn’t know about this? The chairman didn’t know? How the hell does this happen?”
