Some people i think are trying to make this way too confusing for no reason. There is no breaking happening here.
Ok first lets read slowly Sloane text:
"While a friendly squadron without Rogue is attacking, it may spend 1 die with an icon to choose and spend 1 of the defender's defense tokens.
Who does the spending? Friendly squadron without rogue.
Still with me?
Now lets see the rules on the defense tokens.
The defender cannot spend more than one defense