Mike Griffin Is Not Making Friends In The Pentagon (Update: Or In Congress)

‘Smartest guy in the room’: Pentagon R&D chief under fire after controversial firings, Inside Defense
“Key lawmakers are closely examining the behavior and decision-making of the Defense Department’s technology chief, spurred by high-profile personnel departures from his office. Mike Griffin earlier this month, according to government sources, orchestrated early departures within days of each other for former Strategic Capabilities Office Director Chris Shank and former Space Development Agency Director Fred Kennedy. The moves, more than a dozen current and former government officials tell Inside Defense, are in line with a well-known pattern of controversial decision-making, turf fighting and abrasive behavior. But the abrupt exits have alarmed officials at the Defense Department and on Capitol Hill, particularly because Shank and Kennedy were Griffin’s personal friends and hand-picked for their jobs.”
House Armed Services Committee denies funding for Space Development Agency, Space News
“Specifically, the committee is concerned about the abrupt resignation of the director and the apparent change in direction for this proposed program, contrary to planned activities that had been briefed to the committee and contrary to what the committee supported,” the letter said. Former SDA director Fred Kennedy resigned June 19. Sources said Kennedy quit following clashes with Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin over how the agency should be run.”