1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

I am writing to demand an immediate and thorough congressional investigation into Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's handling of classified intelligence and her apparent violation of whistleblower disclosure laws. The facts surrounding this case reveal serious procedural violations that threaten our national security oversight system. Last spring, the NSA detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump. Rather than allowing this intelligence to be distributed through normal channels, Gabbard took a paper copy directly to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and then instructed the NSA not to publish the report. This intelligence has been kept under lock and key for eight months. A whistleblower filed a formal complaint on May 21 alleging that Gabbard blocked highly classified intelligence from routine dispatch. The law is clear on this matter. As Senator Mark Warner of Virginia stated, when a whistleblower makes a complaint and wants to get it before Congress, the agency has 21 days to relay it. Instead, the complaint issued in May was not received by Congress until February. This nine-month delay appears to be a deliberate effort to bury the complaint. The independence of the inspector general's office is also compromised. Gabbard assigned Dennis Kirk, one of her top advisers and a co-author of Project 2025, to work in that office on May 9, just two weeks after the whistleblower first made contact. Acting Inspector General Tamara A. Johnson then dismissed the complaint on June 6, claiming she could not determine if the allegations were credible. Gabbard's office has heavily redacted the complaint released to intelligence committee members, citing executive privilege. As whistleblower attorney Andrew Bakaj noted, by exercising executive privilege they are flagging that it involves presidential action. This raises the critical question: who is being protected and why? I urge you to support a full investigation into Gabbard's actions, demand the release of the unredacted intelligence report to congressional intelligence committees, and hold accountable anyone who violated whistleblower protection laws. Our national security depends on the integrity of our intelligence oversight system.