据报道，唐纳德·特朗普总统要求缩减国家安全委员会的人员本周，在接到与该机构有关的举报投诉后。
一些与国家安全委员会及其未来计划有关联的人士表示，在上个月晚些时候特朗普和乌克兰的电话泄露后，新的国家安全顾问罗伯特·奥布赖恩(Robert O'Brien)将监督一个精简得多的工作人员。
根据彭博资讯本周，白宫代理参谋长米克·马尔瓦尼和奥布赖恩向高级机构官员转达了缩减人员的要求。
周五晚上，特朗普转发了一位前总统的评论投资者商业日报记者:“举报者是一名注册的民主党和中情局分析师，他在2016年奥巴马当选白宫前被详细描述过，在那里他在国家安全委员会的乌克兰办公室工作，会见了反对特朗普的乌克兰官员，然后被特朗普国家安全委员会解雇并变得不满。”
特朗普一再抨击所谓的举报者，称该人是“间谍”，有可能因“叛国罪”被追捕
特朗普的批评者认为国家安全委员会裁员是一个“错误”净化“与乌克兰的报道有关，特别是在上个月前国家安全顾问约翰·博尔顿被驱逐后嘲笑特朗普在一系列公开评论中。
国家安全委员会人员的减少将影响到许多来自美国国务院、五角大楼和几个情报机构的职业政府专业人员，彭博资讯报道。几年来，国家安全委员会一直受到国会议员的威胁，许多人要求将博尔顿以前担任的国家安全顾问一职变成参议院确认的职位。
上周，纽约时报报道称，告密者是一名中情局官员，特朗普与乌克兰总统沃洛迪米尔·泽兰斯基通话的泄露成为众议院民主党弹劾总统的推动力。
如同彭博资讯注意到，国家安全委员会是在1947年由前总统哈里·杜鲁门政府创建的，目的是为椭圆形办公室的官员提供外交政策方面的专家。
尽管猜测猖獗，包括对博尔顿的指控，但举报者尚未公开身份，特朗普本人试图尽量减少身边提供建议的人。
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CALLS FOR SMALLER NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFF FOLLOWING WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT
President Donald Trump reportedly demanded a reduction in staff size of his National Security Council this week, in the wake of reports a whistleblower complaint in connection with the agency.
A number of individuals tied to the NSC and its future plans said new National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien is set to oversee a much leaner staff after the Trump-Ukraine phone call leak late last month.
According to Bloomberg, the request to reduce the size of the staff was relayed to senior agency officials by acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and O'Brien this week.
On Friday evening, Trump retweeted the commentary of a former Investor's Business Daily reporter: "The whistleblower is a registered Democrat & CIA analyst who was detailed before the 2016 election to the Obama White House,where he worked on the NSC's Ukraine desk & met w anti-Trump Ukrainian officials before being sent packing by the Trump NSC & becoming disgruntled."
Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the so-called whistleblower, and referred to the individual as a "spy" who should potentially be pursued for "treason."
Trump's critics jumped on the NSC staff reduction as a "purge" tied to the Ukraine reports, particularly after former National Security Adviser John Bolton was ousted last month and ridiculed Trump in a series of public comments.
The reductions to the NSC staff will affect many who are career government professionals from the U.S. State Department, the Pentagon and several intelligence agencies, Bloomberg reported. The NSC has been under threat from members of Congress for several years and many have demanded making the national security adviser position, which Bolton formerly held, a Senate-confirmed position.
Last week, The New York Times reported the whistleblower was a CIA officer and the leak of Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy became the driving force behind House Democrats' push to impeach the president.
As Bloomberg noted, the NSC was created under former President Harry Truman's administration in 1947 in order to provide the Oval Office-holder with experts on foreign policy matters.
The whistleblower has not yet been publicly identified, although speculation is rampant, including accusations against Bolton, as Trump himself seeks to minimize those offering advice around him.
