(More info) NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

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Breaking:

Members of Congress were briefed this week on a whistleblower report about an intelligence intercept of a call between two foreign nationals discussing a person close to Trump.

The whistleblower accused Tulsi Gabbard of limiting who could see the report and blocking wider distribution.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T23:16:18.605Z

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

Cate Brown
Sat 7 Feb 2026 18.58 GMT

yeah seems bad www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@tobyontv.bsky.social) 2026-02-07T19:32:11.982Z

Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call.

The highly sensitive communique, which has roiled Washington over the past week, was brought to the attention of the director of national intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard – but rather than allowing NSA officials to distribute the information further, she took a paper copy of the intelligence directly to the president’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, the attorney, Andrew Bakaj, said.

One day after meeting Wiles, Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the intelligence report. Instead, she instructed NSA officials to transmit the highly classified details directly to her office.

Details of this exchange between Gabbard and the NSA were shared directly with the Guardian and have not been previously reported. Nor has Wiles receipt of the intelligence report.