NSA considers — then disavows — leadership reshuffle

The National Security Agency this week considered creating a powerful new leadership post atop the spy agency, according to two people familiar with the discussions, but the plan rankled Trump administration allies and has since been disavowed.

The proposal to establish a NSA-wide chief operating officer was being discussed recently by some of the senior–most officials at the sprawling signals intelligence agency, according to the two people, both of whom were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

As news of the discussions spread, however, it raised eyebrows among allies of President Donald Trump because the intelligence officials leading those talks were not installed by Trump and appeared to be taking advantage of a leadership vacuum at the agency, the people said.

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