National security adviser John Bolton's new chief of staff has drawn scrutiny for his past work with the Center for Security Policy, a conservative think tank that has been accused of promoting anti-Muslim messages.
Fred Fleitz, who joined the National Security Council this week, was an outspoken opponent of the Iran nuclear deal when he worked as the senior vice president for policy at the think tank led by Frank Gaffney, whose views on Islam and theories about the Muslim Brotherhood's influence have sparked controversy.
Fleitz was one of more than a dozen authors of a 2015 report from the Center for Security Policythat called for, among other things, using "shariah-adherent advocacy and practices as legal premises for deportation and stripping of American citizenship."
The report also argued academic institutions that accept donations from "shariah-adherent individuals or governments" should be "discouraged" from promoting things like "interfaith dialogue" or "Muslim-Christian understanding," because that effort "amounts to promoting shariah or civilization jihadist agendas."
In an interview with Breitbart News last year, Fleitz also blamed "the failure to assimilate British Muslims" in the UK for a terror attack in London.
Fleitz did not respond to a CNN request for comment.
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