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Aug 29, 2025 Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard publicly named an undercover CIA officer while stripping security clearances Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Exposing an undercover intelligence officer's identity endangered that officer and compromised national security operations.
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- Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard publicly named undercover CIA officer — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released the name of a senior undercover Central Intelligence Agency officer when she published a list of 37 current and former officials from whom she was stripping security clearances. Gabbard did not consult with the CIA before posting the list on X. At the time, Gabbard stated she was acting on Trump's orders. Outing an undercover intelligence officer has historically been sufficient to lead to indictment of an administration official.
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 32 – 2025-08-23–2025-08-29
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Aug 23, 2025 Tulsi Gabbard announced a 40 percent cut to intelligence office staff, including the unit monitoring foreign election interference Tier 1 · Primary Information, Memory and Manipulation
Reducing capacity to detect foreign influence operations weakened institutional safeguards against manipulation of U.S. elections.
Independently corroborated by6 independent news desks
nytimes · Associated Press · PBS · Courthouse News Service · The Hill · BBC
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- Director of National Intelligence announces workforce cuts — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced a 40% cut to her office, affecting the Foreign Malign Influence Center, which monitors foreign influence operations. This decision is part of a broader trend of reducing oversight of foreign interference in U.S. democracy.
- Director of National Intelligence Gabbard announced 40% workforce cuts — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced she will cut 40% of her office's workforce, with cuts targeting the Foreign Malign Influence Center, which collects and analyzes data on foreign influence operations seeking to undermine U.S. democracy. The cuts represent a significant reduction in the intelligence community's capacity to detect and counter foreign interference.
- Tulsi Gabbard announces plan to cut ODNI staff in half — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that she plans to cut her office's staff in half, marking the largest reform to the ODNI since it was created after 9/11. She also plans to scale back the Foreign Malign Influence Center, which is responsible for collecting and analyzing data on foreign efforts to undermine US democracy, with ODNI claiming the center was used by the Biden administration to "justify the suppression of free speech and to censor political opposition."
Verified: Tier 1 primary record
Week 32 – 2025-08-23–2025-08-29
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