An intelligence community watchdog has handed over a highly classified whistleblower complaint that includes an allegation of wrongdoing by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to top congressional leaders, following months of delay tied to classification disputes, a government shutdown, and leadership turnover at Gabbard's office, CBS News has learned.
In a Feb. 2 letter to the leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees, intelligence community Inspector General Christopher Fox said he received final approval on Jan. 30 from Gabbard to share the material with a tight circle of lawmakers. The complaint had originally been filed eight months earlier, on May 21, 2025.
According to Fox's letter, which was labeled as approved for public release on Feb. 3 and obtained by CBS News, the complaint was "administratively closed" by the intelligence community Inspector General's office in June 2025, under prior leadership, and no further investigative steps were taken – a fact Fox said undercut notions that the matter was an "urgent concern" requiring prompt congressional notification.
"[I]f the same or similar matter came before me today, I would likely determine that the allegations do not meet the statutory definition of 'urgent concern,'" Fox wrote.
Fox hand-carried the highly classified complaint to Congress on Monday evening, according to a spokesperson for his office. During that engagement, several members and staff of the Gang of Eight — the small...
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