Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s office just tried to clean up allegations she buried a whistleblower complaint—but made an even bigger mess, instead.
In May, a whistleblower accused Gabbard of restricting the distribution of a highly classified intelligence report for political purposes, and that the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community had failed to report a potential crime to the Department of Justice—also for political reasons.
Typically, an employee is able to share a complaint alleging wrongdoing directly with lawmakers, as long as the DNI instructs them on how to securely transmit it. But eight months later and the whistleblower’s complaint was still not transmitted to Congress—and was reportedly locked away in a safe, a person familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.
In a series of posts Tuesday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence tried to combat claims that Gabbard had “hindered dissemination” of the whistleblower complaint, citing a February 2 letter from Christopher Fox, the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community.
ODNI claimed the letter proved that security guidance was provided, and that Gabbard had “acted immediately, delivered what was required, supported lawful whistleblower channels,” even for a complaint that was deemed “baseless.”
But the letter doesn’t actually exonerate Gabbard, or her office.
In the letter, Fox claimed that Gabbard was never actually notified about the complaint—...
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