You know what? I apologize for calling you intellectually dishonest. It's clear now that we were talking at cross-purposes.

whether the guy worked in an official capacity in the Obama admin

That's not the issue. The issue is if his official capacity in the Obama administration reflects upon Obama.

Because Fox News could easily take this article and say, "Look! Obama's Marxist-Leninist-Nazi beliefs inspired him to hire an Islamophobe! The hypocrisy of the Far-Left on display again!"

But since this official held this role for both Democratic and Republican administration, it either impinges on the moral judgement of every administration under which he served or none of them.