Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has accused a longtime reporter from The Washington Post of “actively harassing” her staff.
In a stunning post published to the social media platform X on Thursday, the top Trump administration official accused reporter Ellen Nakashima of harassing her staff through the use of a burner phone.
Nakashima is a Pulitzer Prize winner who’s been with the Post since 1995.
It has come to my attention that Washington Post reporter @nakashimae appears to be actively harassing ODNI staff. Instead of reaching out to my press office, she is calling high level Intelligence Officers from a burner phone, refusing to identify herself, lying about the fact…
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) July 3, 2025
