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MaddowBlog-Tulsi Gabbard's whistleblower controversy comes into sharper focus
A key senator said publicly that he believes the DNI “hid” a whistleblower complaint against her from Congress, despite legal requirements.
Tulsi Gabbard’s whistleblower controversy comes into sharper focus
— News Wire - World 🌎 Independent News Network Pro-Democracy (@democracyblue.bsky.social) 2026-02-09T14:36:05.463Z
A key senator said publicly that he believes the DNI “hid†a whistleblower complaint against her from Congress, despite legal requirements. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/tulsi-gabbards-whistleblower-controversy-comes-into-sharper-focus
But hanging overhead is the DNI’s whistleblower controversy.
A report in The Wall Street Journal last week got the ball rolling, noting that an unnamed U.S. intelligence official accused Gabbard of wrongdoing in a highly sensitive whistleblower complaint that was supposed to be shared with Congress. Despite the fact that the complaint was filed in May, and the DNI was legally required to share it with specific members within 21 days, it wasn’t until last week that key lawmakers finally gained access to the allegations, roughly eight months after they were first levied.
The disclosure seemed like a modest step in the right direction, though members quickly learned that the materials were significantly redacted, giving them a limited view.
Over the weekend, however, some of the bigger picture started coming into focus — at least a little. The New York Times reported:
To be sure, we’re a long way from true clarity on the story, but between the Times’ report and related reports from The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian (none of which have been independently verified by MS NOW), we appear to know more about the nature of the controversy than we did a week ago.....
After Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said publicly that he believes Gabbard “hid” the whistleblower complaint against her from Congress, despite legal requirements, the DNI issued a statement lashing out at the senator “and his friends in the Propaganda Media.”
That’s generally not the kind of rhetoric one would expect from a director of national intelligence, serving in an office that’s supposed to be apolitical, but Gabbard apparently isn’t overly concerned with keeping up appearances. Watch this space
A report in The Wall Street Journal last week got the ball rolling, noting that an unnamed U.S. intelligence official accused Gabbard of wrongdoing in a highly sensitive whistleblower complaint that was supposed to be shared with Congress. Despite the fact that the complaint was filed in May, and the DNI was legally required to share it with specific members within 21 days, it wasn’t until last week that key lawmakers finally gained access to the allegations, roughly eight months after they were first levied.
The disclosure seemed like a modest step in the right direction, though members quickly learned that the materials were significantly redacted, giving them a limited view.
Over the weekend, however, some of the bigger picture started coming into focus — at least a little. The New York Times reported:
Members of Congress were briefed this week on a whistle-blower report about an intelligence intercept of a call between two foreign nationals discussing a person close to President Trump, according to people familiar with the material.
It is not clear what country the two foreign nationals were from, but the discussion involved Iran. … The identity of the person close to Mr. Trump could not be immediately determined, nor could the content of what the two foreign nationals were saying about the person.
To be sure, we’re a long way from true clarity on the story, but between the Times’ report and related reports from The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian (none of which have been independently verified by MS NOW), we appear to know more about the nature of the controversy than we did a week ago.....
After Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said publicly that he believes Gabbard “hid” the whistleblower complaint against her from Congress, despite legal requirements, the DNI issued a statement lashing out at the senator “and his friends in the Propaganda Media.”
That’s generally not the kind of rhetoric one would expect from a director of national intelligence, serving in an office that’s supposed to be apolitical, but Gabbard apparently isn’t overly concerned with keeping up appearances. Watch this space
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