Meanwhile in Hawai'i in The Wall Street Journal and Global Project Against Hate and Extremism

As Meanwhile in Hawai'i has become a central source for research into the background of U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, I'd like to highlight two articles that further illuminated some of the most serious concerns around Gabbard. 

In January, a front page Wall Street Journal article, "As a Rising Political Star, Gabbard Paid to Mask Her Sect's Ties to Alleged Scheme," pointed to global financial fraud concerns surrounding Gabbard and linked to my 2017 Butler's web series. WSJ also dug into how the Science of Identity cult and Gabbard's 2017 congressional campaign paid a D.C. public relations fixer to try to suppress my reporting on the clear links between Gabbard, Science of Identity, and QNET/QI Group fraud.

The WSJ article covered complex ties well (though I disagree with calling Science of Identity a "Hindu sect"), and it exposed coordinated efforts to silence the press. Those efforts have included various forms of harassment for years toward me as the primary journalist who uncovered the extent of global financial corruption surrounding Gabbard and Science of Identity. I documented some of the harassment in a 2018 open letter to the Democratic Party of Hawai'i and ACLU Hawai'i. The Scientology-like harassment intensified after Trump nominated Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence.

In Nov. 2024, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism published, "Tulsi Gabbard: How an Extremist Cult Shaped the Anti-LGBTQ+ Crusader into Intelligence Chief." This article essentially identifies the Science of Identity Foundation as a far right hate group, digging into decades of faux guru Chris Butler's explicitly homophobic lectures. Transcripts, audio and video of those lectures were leaked to Meanwhile in Hawai'i by a former Butler follower. The article delves quite deeply into the political history of the Gabbard family, Butler, and the Science of Identity Foundation in Hawai'i. 

- Christine Gralow