Day: February 2, 2026

In a statement, a spokeswoman for Gabbard’s office confirmed that the complaint concerned Gabbard but dismissed it as “baseless and politically motivated.”OSINTdefender (@sentdefender)The United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has been accused of wrongdoing in a whistleblower complaint that was filed last May by an intelligence official that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the matter who spoke to the Wall Street Journal.

The filing of the complaint has prompted a continuing, behind-the-scenes struggle about how to assess and handle it, with the whistleblower’s lawyer accusing Gabbard of stonewalling the complaint and the disclosure of its contents potentially causing “grave damage to national security,” one official said. It also implicates another federal agency beyond Gabbard’s, and raises potential claims of executive privilege that may involve the White House.—  https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2018389511424934324

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) Feb 2, 2026

I will never cancel Noam Chomsky. He devoted decades of his life to tireless solidarity with oppressed people, especially by his own government, and exposing the propaganda used to subjugate them. His impact on that front is immeasurable.

This doesn’t mean he’s above critique. He took positions I disagreed with, especially in recent years. I think he made an error in judgement befriending Jeffrey Epstein, who, when he met Noam, had been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor.

If you think Noam Chomsky deserves banishment despite having zero complicity in that or Epstein’s other crimes, OK. I’m going to decline to join you, just as I declined to join those in the establishment who’ve been trying to cancel Noam for a lot longer.

— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) Feb 2, 2026

A clip from my conversation with @sebastianjunger, about the gross injustice of several female filmmakers at Sundance attacking “The UnRedacted” filmmaker @Meighon because she was the wrong color to make the film, “which is of course preposterous.” Full epi up soon on Smoke ‘Em… pic.twitter.com/BsT8bdBlAN

— Nancy Rommelmann (@NancyRomm) February 2, 2026