{"id":9866,"date":"2025-07-06T16:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T16:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=9866"},"modified":"2025-07-06T16:59:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T16:59:30","slug":"report-tulsi-gabbard-in-the-line-of-fire-after-iran-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=9866","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Tulsi Gabbard \u2018In The Line Of Fire\u2019 After Iran Leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some in President Donald Trump\u2019s orbit are speculating that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has put herself \u201cin the line of fire\u201d as he searches for the party responsible for leaking classified U.S. intelligence about the bombs dropped on Iran.<\/p>\n

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Days of vehement opposition to reporting by CNN and the New York Times suggest that Trump is angrier than normal about the leak of a study claiming that a dozen 30,000-pound \u201cbunker buster\u201d bombs achieved nothing to halt Iran\u2019s nuclear enrichment program. He has pointed fingers at members of Congress and claimed that the White House will no longer provide as frequent briefings on military operations.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0sources\u00a0who spoke to the Daily Mail, Trump\u2019s obsession with Gabbard shows that some of the individuals he previously trusted may be participating.<\/p>\n

Gabbard was sidelined before a briefing to Congress on the attack. According to Trump officials, Gabbard will not be there on Thursday when representatives give evidence that Operation Midnight Hammer resulted in the \u201ctotal obliteration\u201d of Iran\u2019s three nuclear installations.<\/p>\n

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Gabbard was scheduled to attend the briefing alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always important in the Trump script, the fallback is always who to blame, who to blame. Just have to have someone to blame. Tulsi is in the line of fire,\u201d Trump biographer Michael Wolff said about Gabbard\u2019s predicament.<\/p>\n

Wolff added: \u201cThere is an investigation that is going on. They will try to find someone to blame. Within the White House, within the West Wing, what they are saying as of this morning, who this is being pinned on, is Tulsi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Wolff\u2019s assessment of Gabbard\u2019s situation, an administration insider told the outlet that the media is \u201cturning this into something it\u2019s not.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps feeling a threat to her career chances, Gabbard defended Trump, Rubio, and Hegseth in rebutting the CNN piece and criticizing journalists like Kaitlan Collins for disrespecting American troops in their reporting.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew intelligence confirms what @POTUS has stated numerous times: Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities have been destroyed,\u201d she wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Iranians chose to rebuild, they would have to rebuild all three facilities (Natanz, Fordow, Esfahan) entirely, which would likely take years to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung defended Gabbard when asked about the leak.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump has full confidence in his entire exceptional national security team,\u201d he told the Daily Mail. \u201cDNI Gabbard is an important member of the President\u2019s team, and her work continues to serve him and this country well.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Trump was speaking with reporters Friday when he publicly upbraided Gabbard for saying that U.S. intelligence \u201ccontinues to assess Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pressed by a reporter to respond, Trump replied, \u201cShe\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gabbard responded on social media later in the day, likewise lashing out at the media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dishonest media is intentionally taking my testimony out of context and spreading fake news as a way to manufacture division,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine are having a press conference at the Pentagon. I\u2019ll bring you any news updates here.<\/p>\n

General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated that on Monday morning, they received \u201cindications and warnings that Iran intended to attack US bases in the region\u201d and evacuated the majority of their people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to read some of the assessment and assessments provided. Whether fake news, CNN, MSNBC or New York Times, there has been fawning coverage of preliminary assessment. I have not had a chance to read it, every outlet reported on preliminary assessment from DIA. I\u2019m looking at it right now, preliminary, day and a half after the actual strike, it admits it requires 82s weeks to aaccumulate necessary data, it is preliminary,\u201d Hegseth said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt points out it is not coordinated with the intelligence community at all, there is low-confidence in this report, its there are gaps in information and says multiple linchpin assumptions are what this is, that means your entire premise is predicateod a linchpin. If you are wrong, everything else is wrong. This report acknowledges likely severe damage. Leaked because someone had agenda to muddy water and make it look like this historic strike wasn\u2019t successful. Get to the chairman in a moment, he will layout the particulars for you based on his professional military experience,\u201d Hegseth added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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