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Thursday, March 12, 2026

NSA flagged evidence of call between Trump ally and foreign intelligence actor: Whistleblower - Yahoo News Canada

In the spring of 2025, the National Security Agency allegedly detected evidence of a call between a person close to President Donald Trump and an individual associated with foreign intelligence, according to a whistleblower.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, rather than let the NSA distribute information about its evidence, allegedly took a paper copy of the intelligence to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, then told the NSA not to publish its intelligence report. Instead, Gabbard allegedly instructed officials to transmit the details directly to her office, the whistleblower’s lawyer, Andrew Bakaj, told The Guardian.

The allegations, which Gabbard’s office strongly denies, are part of a standoff between the whistleblower, who alleges intelligence officials have slow-walked the disclosure of their complaint, and Trump administration intelligence officials, who allege they have followed the law in handling the highly sensitive claims.

“This story is false,” a spokesperson for Gabbard’s office said in response to the Guardian report. “Every single action taken by DNI Gabbard was fully within her legal and statutory authority, and these politically motivated attempts to manipulate highly classified information undermine the essential national security work being done by great Americans in the Intelligence Community every day.”

“I am not now, nor have I ever been, in possession or control of the Whistleblower’s complaint, so I obviously could not have ‘...



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