NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump
Donald Trump,Trump Administration,US Intelligence,NSA,Whistleblower,Tulsi Gabbard
Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) flagged an unusual phone call between two members of foreign intelligence, who discussed a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower's attorney who was briefed on details 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, Gabbard took a paper copy of the intelligence directly to the president's chief of staff, Susie Wiles, according to the whistleblower's attorney, Andrew Bakaj.
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