A whistleblower has alleged that US director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard blocked the routine sharing of highly classified intelligence involving a person close to President Donald Trump, according to a report by The Guardian.
The report said the National Security Agency (NSA) flagged an unusual phone call last May between two members of foreign intelligence. During the call, the two discussed someone close to Trump. The intelligence was deemed sensitive and was escalated to Gabbard in her role as director of national intelligence.
According to Andrew Bakaj, the whistleblower’s lawyer, Gabbard did not allow the NSA to circulate the intelligence in the usual way. Instead, she reportedly took a paper copy directly to the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles.
Bakaj said that the following day, Gabbard instructed the NSA not to publish the report and told officials to send the details only to her office.
The Guardian reported that these details, including Wiles’s receipt of the intelligence, had not been previously disclosed. On April 17, a whistleblower contacted the intelligence community’s inspector general, alleging that Gabbard had blocked the normal dispatch of classified intelligence. A formal complaint was filed on May 21.
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