The allegation was both intriguing and alarming.
A whistleblower claimed that the nation’s spy chief had committed wrongdoing so serious that its disclosure would endanger national security. Further, the whistleblower said, the allegation had been kept secret from Congress, in violation of the law.
But now the inspector general’s office for the U.S. intelligence community says the allegation against Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national security, was not credible and that withholding it from Congress for eight months was justified.
“To be frank, it seems like just another effort by the president’s critics in and out of government to undermine policies they don’t like,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., wrote on X. “It’s definitely not credible allegations of waste, fraud, or abuse.”
Exactly what Gabbard was accused of is still secret. But she has denied wrongdoing.
“The whistleblower complaint was already deemed not credible by the Intelligence Community Inspector General,” Olivia Coleman, a spokesperson for Gabbard’s office, told Straight Arrow News.
The whistleblower has not been publicly identified. However, WhistleblowerAid.org, a nonprofit that is representing the person, issued a statement accusing Gabbard of illegally hiding high-level security documents from Congress.
“In May of last year, a whistleblower represented by WhistleblowerAid.org first alerted the Intelligence Community Inspector General about the concern,”...
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