Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made headlines this week for her role in unveiling the National Counterterrorism Center’s Interagency Fusion Cell as reported by ExecutiveGov. The announcement took place at a White House roundtable alongside President Trump and other senior security officials. This new fusion cell is designed to boost two-way information sharing between intelligence agencies and law enforcement across America, with a focus on disrupting foreign terrorist groups, criminal cartels, and gang activity. Since the Homeland Security Task Force was launched in April it has facilitated over three thousand arrests and resulted in the seizure of more than one hundred fifty thousand pounds of narcotics. Recent operations included the capture of the high-profile Sinaloa Cartel boss known as El Pato and the dramatic dismantling of a Jalisco cartel-linked infant trafficking ring.

Tulsi Gabbard and other top officials celebrated the takedown of this infant trafficking ring at a White House meeting on Thursday, according to reporting by the Daily Citizen. Mexican authorities arrested Martha Alicia Mendez Augilar, also known as La Diabla, in Juarez last month for orchestrating an operation that, authorities allege, smuggled babies into the United States while murdering vulnerable mothers for organ harvesting. American intelligence resources were cited as key to tracking and coordinating the operation leading to her arrest. Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, confirmed that the collaboration with Mexican law enforcement was possible because cartels and similar organizations have been formally designated as foreign terrorist organizations since January.

Federal officials explained that the new executive order allows for previously unavailable strategies and tools to be deployed against criminal cartels, integrating efforts from federal, state, and local authorities. As a result of these initiatives, authorities have identified and rescued at least one child from the trafficking ring, while successfully removing a major operator from circulation.

Despite these victories, Tulsi Gabbard faced criticism from top congressional Democrats this week. Representative Jim Himes and Senator Mark Warner sent a letter calling for greater transparency around lethal military strikes targeting drug vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific. The lawmakers asserted that Congress had not been fully briefed on intelligence community involvement in ten deadly operations carried out in recent weeks, which reportedly killed at least forty-three people.

Separately, Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu director of national intelligence, drew attention from the Wire as she endured hateful social media attacks in the wake of Diwali celebrations in the United States. Critics sent her bigoted messages as tensions around cultural celebrations and identity politics rose online. Gabbard’s prominence as both a security official and an adherent to Hinduism has placed her at the intersection of America’s evolving demographic and political landscape, further heightening media and public attention.

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