US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused a Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter of harassing her staff and stalking her family, calling the journalist's tactics unethical and politically motivated.

The top U.S. intelligence officer on Thursday leveled an unusual attack on a journalist, accusing a Washington Post reporter of "actively harassing" her staff in a social media post that also accused the media of seeking to undermine President Donald Trump's agenda.