Daniel Chaitin at Washington Examiner:
"Leaks have been an issue since the early days of the Trump administration, including when a memo by McMaster about stopping such disclosures was promptly leaked to the media and published. McMaster, a retired Army lieutenant general who was national security adviser from February 2017 to April 2018, later described three "categories" of people who worked at the White House, including two groups that he said posed "a danger to the Constitution."
In October, it was reported that Trump ordered a reduction in size of the National Security Council, comprising roughly 310 career government officials from the State Department, Pentagon, and intelligence agencies and meant to advise the president on foreign policy and national security matters. The move came after reports that a CIA analyst, who was at one point assigned to the White House, filed the whistleblower complaint that led to the impeachment proceedings centered on Trump's dealings with Ukraine."
