Mr. Murphy is currently preparing for interviews about the intelligence office with the inspector general of the Homeland Security Department and the House Intelligence Committee. Mr. Murphy is expected to testify in a closed-door session with the committee on Sept. 21. Mr. Murphy, a conservative Republican who supported Mr. Trump in 2016, saw the senior intelligence position at Homeland Security as a logical next step for his counterterrorism career, former officials who worked with him said. leadership and the Justice Department to sour on him, according to interviews with nine former colleagues who requested anonymity to speak candidly about the whistle-blower and the Homeland Security intelligence office. Mr. Murphy’s commitment to collaborating with state and local law governments also made the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the Homeland Security Department attractive.

Source: International New York Times September 11, 2020 19:18 UTC