Fred Fleitz

OVERVIEW

Fred Fleitz served as Senior Vice President of the Center for Security Policy under Frank Gaffney. He later briefly served as Chief of Staff of the National Security Council (NSC) under John Bolton in 2018, creating a direct pipeline between CSP's anti-Muslim ideology and the White House.

CAREER PATH

• CIA analyst — spent 25 years in intelligence roles
• Senior Vice President, Center for Security Policy — Gaffney's second-in-command
• NSC Chief of Staff (2018) — appointed under National Security Advisor John Bolton

SIGNIFICANCE

Fleitz's move from CSP to the NSC represented one of the most direct connections between the anti-Muslim advocacy network and the Trump administration's national security apparatus. His appointment was criticized by civil rights organizations who argued it brought CSP's conspiratorial worldview into the heart of government policy-making.