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Among other things, it must have been about intelligence information about Russia’s interference in the American elections. Writes the AP news agency.
Brian Murphy was the head of the intelligence department of the Department of Security. He says he refused to follow orders. According to him, it must have cost him the job.
According to the complainant, it would be “illegal and inappropriate” to change the reports. Murphy also believed it would put the country in danger, writes Reuters.
Must not offend the president
On Wednesday, Murphy’s formal warning case became known to the outside world.
In it, Murphy claims that he was pressured by several of the heads of the Ministry of Security.
It points to former Security Minister Kirsten Nielsen, Vice Minister Ken Cuccinelli and Acting Security Minister Chad Wolf.
They are said to have repeatedly tried to persuade him to change the reports.
The complaint claims that Wolf said the order came from President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Robert O’Brien.
The purpose should be to avoid insulting the president and to support the policies of the current administration.
Asked to testify
According to Murphy, the pressure led him on one occasion to exaggerate the number of migrants linked to terrorism.
On another occasion, he is said to have been asked to stop updating himself on Russian interference in the American elections. The reason must have been because it “put the president in a bad position.”
Brian Murphy claims that he was also pressured to make the threat from white power groups seem less serious.
Instead, ministry heads wanted Murphy to add information about left-wing extremists.
This is more in line with the administration’s message after the uproar that emerged in connection with the death of George Floyd.
Now Murphy has been asked to testify in Congress.
The Security Ministry has so far not commented on the AP allegations.
A White House spokesman told Reuters that national security adviser Robert O’Brien had never attempted to command the intelligence community.
