Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, on Thursday accused a Washington Post journalist of using deceptive tactics to extract sensitive information from intelligence officials, labeling the reporter “a clear political op” in a sharply worded social media post, The Hill reported.
Gabbard’s criticism focused on Ellen Nakashima, a veteran national security correspondent at the Post and a member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams.
Gabbard asserted that Nakashima sidestepped the DNI’s press office and instead used covert methods to reach high-ranking officials in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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