He served in the George W. Bush administration in various capacities, including in Iraq, and was the executive director of the New York Republican Party from 2009–2011.

[8] From 1997–2000, Basile served in Governor George Pataki's administration as Public Relations Director for the New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation.

[10] In the George W. Bush administration, Basile served as Director of Communications for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Christine Todd Whitman.

[10][11] With David Webb, Basile co-founded TeaParty365, the New York City metropolitan area chapter of the Tea Party movement.

[17] In 2018, Basile unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the New York State Senate to represent the 39th district,[18] defeated by Democrat James Skoufis.

[2] Reviewing the book in the U.S. Army War College journal Parameters, James P. Farwell wrote, "Basile merits high credit for his patriotic service and his thought-provoking book that provides keen insights into what it takes to make strategic communication in war zones a success and into the obstacles to good strategic communication.