US EditionWhistleblower Alleges Gabbard Blocked NSA Report on Trump Ally
Tulsi Gabbard denies claims of blocking a whistleblower complaint involving classified NSA intelligence, with inspectors general finding the complaint not credible, despite a months-long delay.
- On April 17, a whistleblower contacted the inspector general and filed a May 21 complaint alleging Tulsi Gabbard blocked highly classified National Security Agency intelligence about an unusual call involving a person close to Donald Trump and a foreign-intelligence-linked individual.
- Some intelligence analysts judged the intercept as gossip or misinformation, prompting Gabbard to restrict the report, while critics considered the intelligence significant and supported her actions, according to Sen. Mark Warner .
- After nearly a year, Gabbard's office publicly acknowledged the complaint on Tuesday, and a heavily redacted inspector-general report was provided to Congress.
- Congressional leaders have pressed the NSA and Gabbard's office for the report, while two Republican lawmakers dismissed the complaint and Democrats raised alarms, The Wall Street Journal reported it could cause `grave damage to national security'.
- Attorneys and former intelligence professionals flagged procedural anomalies, and critics say inspectors-general norms and the DNI guidance process delayed congressional review despite 14-day determinations.
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Whistleblower report involved intelligence about a Trump contact
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress were briefed this past week on a whistleblower report about an intelligence intercept of a call between two foreign nationals discussing a person close to President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the material.
Gabbard rejects whistleblower claims
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Saturday disputed claims by lawmakers that she sought to block Congress from accessing a whistleblower complaint, saying she took “immediate action” once notified of the need to provide security guidance for its release. A top-secret complaint filed with the intelligence community’s inspector general last May by an anonymous government official alleged that the U.S. spy …
New York Post
Tulsi Gabbard denies wrongdoing over delayed whistleblower complaint referral to Congress members: ‘Baseless’
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard denied any wrongdoing on Saturday as Democrats question why a whistleblower complaint filed against her last May took nearly a year before it was referred to Congress.
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