A highly classified whistleblower complaint alleging wrongdoing by Tulsi Gabbard has remained within her agency for about eight months without being shared with Congress. The delay has prompted questions in Washington about classification rules and oversight procedures for whistleblower complaints involving senior intelligence officials. Reporting by The Wall Street Journal established that the complaint was filed by a US intelligence official with the Intelligence Community Inspector General, the statutory body responsible for reviewing such allegations.
According to the report, the main obstacle is the complaint’s extreme classification level. Sources cited by The WSJ say the material is considered so sensitive that standard procedures for sharing whistleblower complaints with congressional intelligence committees have stalled. Internal discussions over how to transmit the complaint have continued for months.Other US outlets, including Politico and The New York Times, have noted that classification disputes are not unusual in intelligence cases. What is unusual here is the length of the delay and the fact that Congress has not seen the complaint at all. Oversight experts warn this raises questions about whether secrecy rules are being applied too broadly.
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