Former Carrier of ‘Nuclear Football’: Whistleblower Broke ‘Circle of Trust’

Former Carrier of ‘Nuclear Football’: Whistleblower Broke ‘Circle of Trust’
A military aide to President Donald Trump carries a briefcase known as the "nuclear football" through the Rose Garden of the White House on March 14, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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A member of the intelligence community broke the “circle of trust” by filing a complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General about a private phone call that President Donald Trump had with a world leader and leaking that information to Congress, according to the White House military aide who carried the “nuclear football” information for former President Bill Clinton.