Former CIA Director John Brennan on Sunday said anyone who thinks he is the source of recent intelligence leaks about the Trump administration is “dead wrong.”

“Well, I think it’s very unhelpful to make allegations of who is responsible for these leaks,” Brennan told CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

In his first media appearance since leaving his post at the CIA, Brennan emphasized that it is premature for anyone to assume they know the source of the leaks.

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The Washington Post earlier this month reported that President Trump’s former national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, discussed sanctions with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, before the inauguration.

Flynn resigned earlier this month after the reports emerged that he misled Vice President Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceControversial CDC guidelines were written by HHS officials, not scientists: report Former DeVos chief of staff joins anti-Trump group Scott Walker helping to prep Pence for debate against Harris: report MORE about his conversation with Kislyak.

Brennan said that until there is an investigation into who had access to the information contained in the reports, “it’s premature to be pointing fingers at anybody.”