Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has recently been at the center of several major national security developments and public controversies. In the last few days, Gabbard advanced claims that top Obama-era intelligence officials, including former President Barack Obama, ex-FBI Director James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former CIA Director John Brennan, orchestrated efforts to undermine Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory. These claims were amplified during a televised segment on Times Now, where Gabbard presented a report directly accusing these former officials of conspiring to delegitimize Trump’s presidency. The allegations have sparked broad debate, with Obama’s office previously dismissing similar accusations as “ridiculous” and a “weak attempt at distraction” according to CBS News.
On the operational front, Gabbard has taken decisive steps to reshape the U.S. intelligence community under her leadership. She ordered a sweeping review of polygraph policies and instituted new measures to curb unauthorized leaks from intelligence agencies, echoing actions taken by previous administrations but with a sharper focus on current threats. In a move with significant bureaucratic impact, Gabbard is reducing the Office of the Director of National Intelligence staff by about 40 percent, shrinking the office from around 2,000 employees to approximately 1,300, as reported by CBS News. The downsizing is the latest in a series of Trump-era reforms aimed at streamlining the intelligence apparatus.
Gabbard has also been active in declassifying documents related to intelligence assessments of Russian interference in the 2016 election, a move that the current CIA chief reportedly supports, though it has raised concerns among some officials about the potential exposure of sensitive sources and methods.
In the realm of counter-cartel operations, Gabbard has been a visible figure in the Trump administration’s intensified campaign against drug trafficking organizations. She recently joined President Trump and other top officials at a White House roundtable, where she outlined the administration’s efforts to dismantle cartel networks responsible for drug smuggling, human trafficking, and horrific crimes such as organ harvesting and baby selling. According to Fox News and a separate report, Gabbard highlighted the arrest of key cartel figures—including a Sinaloa Cartel boss known as El Plato and a notorious baby trafficker called La Diabla—as evidence of the administration’s resolve. She underscored the establishment of a new national intelligence fusion cell, designed to coordinate real-time intelligence sharing between federal, state, and local law enforcement to target cartel operations more effectively. Gabbard emphasized the brutality of these organizations and the risks faced by U.S. and Mexican partners working to combat them.
Finally, Gabbard has navigated the political fallout from a leaked Signal group chat among top Trump officials discussing military operations, addressing questions from lawmakers about whether classified information was compromised. She told the House Intelligence Committee that the messaging app came pre-installed on government devices, raising broader concerns about communication security at the highest levels of government.
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