negativity campaign by steve bannon against mcmaster who, by all reports most of the people who work for him on the national security council and thereabouts really like mcmaster so is it possible steve bannon is feeling irrelevant or marginalized and is trying to undermine mcmaster? well, it s no secret steve ban none was kicked off the national security council and is one of the voices who has frustrations with mcmaster but i can tell you i won t discuss my anom mouse sources. the concerns are broader than steve ban non steve bannon. he is somebody who very much is the kind of national security leader that many of us in the media admire.