Spy Agency Says It Can’t Share Gabbard Whistleblower Intelligence With Congress
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Sharpen your perspective on the future of technology and business in 2026. |
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| 0:15.3 | Find out more at ThoughtWorks.com slash Looking Glass. |
| 0:26.3 | Here's your midday brief for Wednesday, February 25th. |
| 0:28.6 | I'm Alex O'Soliffe for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:34.1 | We're exclusively reporting that the Trump administration told lawmakers it won't share classified intelligence related to a whistleblower complaint against by Chief Tulsi Gabbard. |
| 0:39.1 | In an email to Democratic congressional staffers sent earlier this month, |
| 0:43.0 | Gabbard's office informed lawmakers that it can't provide the unredacted documents, |
| 0:46.8 | quote, due to the assertion of executive privilege on portions of the intelligence. |
| 0:51.7 | Two of the top Democrats on the congressional intelligence committees |
| 0:54.6 | have sent a letter this week asking who asserted that privilege and on what basis. The journal |
| 0:59.5 | has reported that the intelligence relates to a conversation between foreign nationals about |
| 1:04.1 | Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. In another exclusive, we're reporting that Bill Gates |
| 1:09.5 | has apologized to staff at the Gates Foundation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 1:14.1 | The Microsoft co-founder admitted that his past association with Epstein has cast a cloud over the philanthropic group's reputation, but also insisted that he didn't participate in Epstein's crimes. |
| 1:24.8 | During a town hall meeting yesterday, Gates acknowledged having two affairs |
| 1:28.3 | with Russian women that Epstein later discovered, but that they didn't involve Epstein's victims. |
| 1:33.9 | And Circle, the issuer of the world's second largest stable coin, said its fourth quarter |
| 1:38.6 | profit jumped as crypto investors continued to flock to its stable coin despite the meltdown |
| 1:43.6 | in digital asset prices |
| 1:44.9 | late last year. The company also reported that its total revenue searched 77% to $770 million, |
| 1:52.2 | beating analyst expectations. Its shares were up about 20% in midday trading. |
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