There’s a new investigation into possible leaks of classified information, and it focuses on Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee and their staff members.
The probe was triggered in part by a criminal referral from the National Security Agency regarding the release of one of its intercepted messages, according to a report at Just the News.
Sources reported to the publication that the NSA made the referral last summer over leaks including one apparently to the New York Times.
That happened during DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation process and quoted information from an intercept of two Hezbollah terrorist figures who alleged she had met, during a 2017 trip to Syria, the “big guy.”
The leak suggested the reference was taken by some to mean Gabbard had met with a top Hezbollah terrorist leader, a claim she adamantly denied.
According to the report, “NSA concluded the leak accurately contained information from one of its intercepts but that Gabbard had not in fact met with Hezbollah leaders.”
Sources confirmed to Just the News potential leakers included the Senate Intelligence Committee Democrat staff.
FBI chief Kash Patel recently was alerted to the existence of the referral, which had languished inside the DOJ for months.
The publication said its sources confirmed, “Since then, FBI counterintelligence and criminal agents have ramped up their probe and expanded to other potential leaks and media contacts tied to the committee’s Democrats.”
