Former NSA Chief of Staff Suggests Whistleblower May Have Had Congress Members’ Help on Drafting Complaint

Former NSA Chief of Staff Suggests Whistleblower May Have Had Congress Members’ Help on Drafting Complaint
President Donald Trump disembarks after arriving on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Md., on Sept. 26, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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A former National Security Agency chief of staff has suggested that that the whistleblower who accused President Donald Trump of improper conduct over a phone call with the Ukrainian president possibly had help from “congressional members or staff” in drafting the complaint.

Fred Fleitz, who is currently the President and CEO of the Center for Security Policy, said in an op-ed published in the New York Post on Thursday, Sept. 26 that he is “troubled” by the complaint and questioned how an intelligence officer could make such a complaint based on a conversation between the president and a foreign leader.