Ezra Cohen-Watnick promoted to key Defense Dept. post
He made headlines in 2017 for leaking intelligence that bolstered President Trump's claims that Obama had him wiretapped.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) gives US President Donald Trump a look after he suggested they might have something in common, as he answered a question about his accusation that he had been wiretapped by former President Barack Obama, during their joint news conference in the East Room of th(photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA