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applegrove

(131,074 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 03:26 PM 13 hrs ago

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

Last edited Sat Feb 7, 2026, 08:16 PM - Edit history (1)

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.
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(More info) NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump (Original Post) applegrove 13 hrs ago OP
Red Tulsi orangecrush 12 hrs ago #1
Should probably read "hostile foreign govt." SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #2
Russia? China? Saudi Arabia? Initech 12 hrs ago #6
ruskies SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #7
Everything comes back to Russia. Initech 12 hrs ago #9
Just as Nancy said, "Russia, Russia, Russia..." SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #10
All roads led back to Putin UpInArms 12 hrs ago #3
Remember 10 years ago when they said "Don't you dare question Russia!"? Initech 12 hrs ago #11
Well, it isn't exactly news that Trump and everybody around him are pals with Putin Bluetus 12 hrs ago #4
The compromised pedophile Blue Owl 12 hrs ago #5
This looks connected, a comment I read SamuelTheThird 12 hrs ago #8

Initech

(107,981 posts)
11. Remember 10 years ago when they said "Don't you dare question Russia!"?
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:27 PM
12 hrs ago

Now, not only are they cool about it, they're actively trying to cover it up. Our president and his entire party, with the aid of Rupert Murdoch, corrupt billionaires and the Heritage Foundation, are actively engaged in the largest treason plot in United States history.

They all need to be rooted out and arrested now.

Bluetus

(2,488 posts)
4. Well, it isn't exactly news that Trump and everybody around him are pals with Putin
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 03:40 PM
12 hrs ago

It seems there must be more to this than meets the eye. Surely, it was the NATURE of the contact that caused the whistleblower to act.

SamuelTheThird

(764 posts)
8. This looks connected, a comment I read
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:15 PM
12 hrs ago
a coauthor of Project 2025 was added to the inspector general’s office two weeks after the whistleblower first filed their complaint.
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