Gabbard relied on intercepted call

Scholar power: 48.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Timothy Snyder	40%	16	48.0%

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77.0%

7.4 h

781

48.0%

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1.784

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Timothy Snyder

@timothysnyder.bsky.social

Given her background, totally unsurprising.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM

Reposted by Lesley Bartlett, David Darmofal, Timothy D. McBride

16%

Scholar power: 16.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Lesley Bartlett	17%	35	10.1%
🎓 David Darmofal	18%	11	6.0%
🎓 Timothy D. McBride	0%	23	0.0%
Total			16.0%

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76.0%

8.9 h

2405

16.0%

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1.209

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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard BLOCKED an NSA report of a call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump. I will sit down with the whistleblower lawyer TOMORROW at 12 PM PT on @meidastouch.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

Whistle-Blower Report Involved Intelligence About a Trump Contact

www.nytimes.com

February 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM

Reposted by Brigid Laffan

25%

Scholar power: 25.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brigid Laffan	49%	27	25.5%

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67.0%

12.1 h

2713

25.5%

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0.851

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Reposted by Steve Peers

26%

Scholar power: 26.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steve Peers	51%	27	26.5%

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74.0%

13.3 h

860

26.5%

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0.722

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emptywheel

@emptywheel.bsky.social

The Guardian has a rough outline of what the Tulsi whistleblower complaint is about: NSA found someone close to Trump in contact with foreign intelligence, and rather than doing something about that, Tulsi brought the report to Susie Wiles.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 6:05 PM

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan

17%

Scholar power: 17.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brendan Nyhan	25%	51	17.9%

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67.0%

12.2 h

4069

17.9%

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0.692

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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Michael E. Mann

28%

Scholar power: 28.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brendan Nyhan	25%	51	17.9%
🎓 Michael E. Mann	10%	111	10.5%
Total			28.4%

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73.0%

13.6 h

675

28.4%

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0.69

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Nicholas Grossman

@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

That highly classified whistleblower report Tulsi Gabbard covering up?

Guardian reports it’s an NSA intercept of a call between a close Trump associate and “an individual associated with foreign intelligence.”

Sounds similar to Trump’s campaign chair meeting Russian intel and sharing data in 2016.

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele

25%

Scholar power: 25.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Kim L. Scheppele	46%	31	25.6%

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67.0%

10.0 h

583

25.6%

Ranking score

0.671

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Reposted by Ronald Beiner

15%

Scholar power: 15.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Ronald Beiner	32%	22	15.0%

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67.0%

12.1 h

4090

15.0%

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0.566

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Reposted by Steve Peers, Nandita Sharma, Richard S.J. Tol

37%

Scholar power: 37.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steve Peers	51%	27	26.5%
🎓 Nandita Sharma	22%	19	9.6%
🎓 Richard S.J. Tol	1%	107	1.0%
Total			37.1%

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61.0%

13.0 h

322

37.1%

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0.491

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Shashank Joshi

@shashj.bsky.social

Quite a scoop here. "Last spring [NSA] detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, Greg Linden

19%

Scholar power: 19.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Michael D. McDonald	38%	22	17.8%
🎓 Greg Linden	4%	23	1.9%
Total			19.7%

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76.0%

14.3 h

259

19.7%

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0.38

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Cate Brown

@catebrown.bsky.social

SCOOP: The NSA detected a phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump last spring.

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM

by Timothy D. McBride

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Timothy D. McBride	0%	23	0.0%

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76.0%

12.7 h

299

0.0%

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0.129

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM

by Dunlap

35%

Scholar power: 35.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dunlap	37%	10	35.1%

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75.0%

11.9 h

3

35.1%

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0.124

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Jason E. Dunlap, Valeyard

@redeyedjedi.bsky.social

#5EyesVsDarkEyes

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM

Reposted by Manisha Sinha

9%

Scholar power: 9.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Manisha Sinha	31%	9	9.3%

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64.0%

14.4 h

424

9.3%

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0.123

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Scott Horton

@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

This is a blockbuster report. Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) detected evidence of an unusual phone call between an individual associated with foreign intelligence and a person close to Donald Trump, according to a whistleblower’s attorney briefed on the existence of the call.

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Reposted by Joseph Schafer

15%

Scholar power: 15.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Joseph Schafer	29%	28	15.3%

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50.0%

13.6 h

577

15.3%

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0.114

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Seth Abramson

@sethabramson.bsky.social

I know this no longer means anything anymore but I just want to casually state the obvious fact that the Tulsi Gabbard "Hidden Treason" scandal few are talking about is easily much worse than Watergate

I mean who cares, but just worth tossing it out there casually

February 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM

Reposted by Joseph Schafer

15%

Scholar power: 15.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

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🎓 Joseph Schafer	29%	28	15.3%

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52.0%

13.6 h

400

15.3%

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0.114

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Seth Abramson

@sethabramson.bsky.social

Not sure how to read this as anything other than Trump's handpicked Director of National Intelligence betraying the United States and doing so to protect him from revelation of the fact that his regime is secretly working with a hostile foreign intelligence agency

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM

by Gerald Friedman

26%

Scholar power: 26.0%

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Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Gerald Friedman	24%	13	26.0%

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78.0%

13.9 h

0

26.0%

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0.086

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Gerald Friedman

@gfriedma.bsky.social

HRC was right. Gabbard is a Russian tool

Https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM

Reposted by Aviel Roshwald

8%

Scholar power: 8.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Aviel Roshwald	30%	8	8.5%

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60.0%

13.8 h

200

8.5%

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0.077

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Max Boot

@maxboot.bsky.social

One day after meeting Susie Wiles, Tulsi Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the intelligence report. Instead, she instructed NSA officials to transmit the highly classified details directly to her office. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM

Reposted by Peter Holmes

8%

Scholar power: 8.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Peter Holmes	19%	20	8.5%

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Scholar power

76.0%

13.9 h

16

8.5%

Ranking score

0.066

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Lauren Ashley Davis

@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM

by Timothy D. McBride

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Timothy D. McBride	0%	23	0.0%

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69.0%

3.8 h

5

0.0%

Ranking score

0.059

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Tulsi Gabbard responds to senator's criticism over handling of whistleblower complaint www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Tulsi Gabbard responds to senator's criticism over handling of whistleblower complaint

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., condemned the director of national intelligence for not providing the May 2025 complaint to lawmakers until this month.

www.nbcnews.com

February 8, 2026 at 3:31 AM

by Aviel Roshwald

25%

Scholar power: 25.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 50%, Law 35%, Communication & Media Studies 15%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Aviel Roshwald	30%	8	25.5%

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Scholar power

58.0%

13.6 h

5

25.5%

Ranking score

0.057

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Aviel Roshwald

@avielroshwald.bsky.social

Nothing to see here, folks. Please just move along.

Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 13h

One day after meeting Susie Wiles, Tulsi Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the intelligence report. Instead, she instructed NSA officials to transmit the highly classified details directly to her office. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

www.theguardian.com

February 7, 2026 at 5:46 PM

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