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.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is accusing the Washington Post and one of its top national security reporters of harassing her staff and going around official channels in what she described as a politically motivated operation.