Tulsi Gabbard’s public disclosure as Director of National Intelligence is unprecedented and historic in nearly every dimension of American governance.

Never before has a sitting DNI directly accused former top intelligence officials—including her predecessors—of orchestrating a domestic disinformation campaign to subvert an incoming president. -Harriett Lublin

She did not leak anonymously, defer to internal channels, or await a closed-door investigation; instead,

she unveiled evidence from a pending investigation in a tightly structured public thread,

• complete with official documents, 
• internal communications, 
• and a direct handoff to the Department of Justice— 
• all under her own name and title…

The way Tulsi pre-empted this disclosure cut the legs out from under corporate media’s usual knee-jerk response: “… but she provided no evidence.” 

Oh, she provided the evidence, all right. 

• If they bother to look...