Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is onto something. And the right people are terrified.
As my colleague Bob Hoge reported, after Gabbard appeared on the scene at the operation to secure the multi-year crime scene that is the Fulton County, Georgia, Election Hub and Operation Center (see FBI Raids Fulton County Election Hub Days After Trump Vows Prosecutions for 2020 Election – Here We Go – RedState and 700 Boxes of Ballots Seized After FBI Executes Fulton County Warrant, Dems Try to Develop ‘Legal Plan’ – RedState), she was the subject of thinly sourced, scurrilous “leak” to The Wall Street Journal that seemed to have the sole purpose as sidelining her with a faux scandal; see Tulsi Gabbard Comes Out Full Throttle Against ‘False and Slanderous Accusations’ From Dems and Media – RedState.
To recap, the Wall Street Journal ran an “exclusive” on Monday that seemed to claim Gabbard had done something. However, a fair reading of the article doesn’t make it very clear what she did or didn’t do.
U.S. intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in a whistleblower complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the matter.
The filing of the complaint has prompted a continuing, behind-the-scenes struggle about how to assess and handle it, with the whistleblower’s lawyer accusing Gabbard of stonewalling the complaint. Gabbard’s office rejects that characterization, contending it is navigating a unique set of circumstances and working to resolve the issue.
Thirteen, that is 13, paragraphs into the article, we find this gem.
Gabbard answered written questions about the allegations from the inspector general’s office, a senior official at the spy agency said. That prompted the acting inspector general at the time, Tamara Johnson, to determine the allegations specifically about Gabbard weren’t credible [my italics—streiff], the official said. Johnson remains employed at the agency, which didn’t make her available for an interview.
As it turned out, there was no delay in producing the “security guidance” from DNI Gabbard on how to handle the report. The whistleblower’s complaint is with the Congressional Intelligence Committees for review, and Gabbard produced the receipts.
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