Odds are the "whistleblower" was part of a plot just like Steele was

Fred Fleit-- a veteran of the CIA, DIA, State Department, and House Intelligence Committee staff--has said that he's never seen anything like the "whistleblowers" complaint.  Real whistleblower complaints look nothing like this one for example:

"I am very familiar with transcripts of presidential phone calls since I edited and processed dozens of them when I worked for the NSC. I also know a lot about intelligence whistleblowers from my time with the CIA.

My suspicions grew this morning when I saw the declassified whistleblowing complaint. It appears to be written by a law professor and includes legal references and detailed footnotes. It also has an unusual legalistic reference on how this complaint should be classified.

From my experience, such an extremely polished whistleblowing complaint is unheard of. This document looks as if this leaker had outside help, possibly from congressional members or staff."

He also points out that there is a trail of breadcrumbs indicating that radical Democrat Adam Schiff may be behind the "whistleblower" story:

"Moreover, it looks like more than a coincidence that this complaint surfaced and was directed to the House Intelligence Committee just after Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), an outspoken opponent of President Trump, expressed numerous complaints in August 2019 accusing President Trump of abusing aid to Ukraine to hurt Joe Biden. This includes an August 28 tweet that closely resembled the whistleblowing complaint."

How likely is it that Schiff just happened to make those remarks with no knowledge of the "whistleblower's" complaint?  The more likely scenario is that Schiff was in communication with the "whistleblower" and was working to help turn what would normally be a short message into a legal brief.

What others are ignoring but Fleit is pointing out is that an Intelligence community that is willing to do anything to get rid of a duly elected President is not good.

He says:

"I’m more worried, however, that this latest instance of blatant politicization of intelligence by Trump haters will do long term damage to the relationship between the intelligence community and US presidents for many years to come."

If the President doesn't trust the Intelligence Community it could lead to serious foreign policy disasters.

But the even more worrying problem is that the idea of the CIA et al using their power and the knowledge that they are entrusted with to attack a duly elected president that they don't personally like is nothing short of fascism and tyranny. We expect the KGB to play king maker in the Soviet Union we don't expect the CIA to have veto power over who we elect in the US.