{"id":2434355,"date":"2025-05-13T22:26:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T02:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabbard-rooting-out-deep-state-leakers-officials-already-fired-report\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T22:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T02:28:11","slug":"gabbard-rooting-out-deep-state-leakers-officials-already-fired-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabbard-rooting-out-deep-state-leakers-officials-already-fired-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabbard Rooting Out &#8216;Deep State Leakers,&#8217; Officials Already Fired: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgabbard-rooting-out-deep-state-leakers-officials-already-fired-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2434355&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teh article discusses President Donald TrumpS nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic Congresswoman, to the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Trump praised her &#8220;fearless spirit&#8221; and expressed confidence in her ability to champion constitutional rights and enhance national security. Following her appointment, Gabbard has been actively targeting what Trump supporters refer to as &#8220;the swamp&#8221; and &#8220;deep state&#8221;-government officials seen as entrenched and politically opposed to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard&#8217;s actions as DNI include firing senior officials in the National Intelligence Council, who whistleblowers claimed were opposed to Trump. She dismissed the acting chair and deputy, citing thier connections to perceived anti-Trump efforts. Gabbard aims to move the National Intelligence Council&#8217;s operations closer under the Office of the DNI, as she continuously addresses the concerns of politicization and leaks within the intelligence community. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Gabbard has revoked security clearances of various prominent government officials, including former President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, to uphold accountability regarding classified data. Moreover, she initiated investigations into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-calls-2-7-billion-smartmatic-lawsuit-attack-on-first-amendment-moves-to-dismiss\/\" title=\"... Calls .7 Billion Smartmatic Lawsuit Attack On First Amendment, Moves To Dismiss\">election fraud claims<\/a> and disclosed documents related to biden&#8217;s domestic terrorism policies that critics argue disproportionately target specific racial groups.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard is making significant changes within the intelligence community, emphasizing clarity and security, while also addressing issues that resonate with Trump&#8217;s base.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When President Donald Trump first nominated Democrat-turned-Republican ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be in his Cabinet to fill the role of Director of National Intelligence, he cited her &ldquo;fearless spirit&rdquo; as one of the reasons why.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community, championing our Constitutional Rights, and securing Peace through Strength,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-trump-chooses-tulsi-gabbard-huge-role-cabinet-adds-firepower-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> in a November announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the president (and Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/deep-state-sabotaging-trump-malicious-compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">himself<\/a>) have long derided &ldquo;the swamp&rdquo; and &ldquo;the deep state&rdquo; &mdash; ideological and political enemies deeply entrenched in Washington, D.C. &mdash; and have chosen it as one of the primary issues for Gabbard to address.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gabbard-fires-deep-state-heads-national-intelligence-council-root-out-politicization-intel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exclusive<\/a> from Fox News, the new DNI has begun delivering on that mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard has reportedly &ldquo;fired the top officials leading the National Intelligence Council,&rdquo; who&rsquo;d been described as being &ldquo;radically opposed to Trump&rdquo; by whistleblowers.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>She relieved Mike Collins, the acting chair of the National Intelligence Council, and his deputy, Maria Langan-Riekhof, of their duties on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Collins allegedly had connections to efforts to dismiss former first son Hunter Biden&rsquo;s laptop as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-take-immediate-action-51-intel-officials-called-hunter-bidens-laptop-russian-disinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian disinformation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Langan-Riekhof, meanwhile, was apparently an especially strong proponent of DEI, and was particularly anti-Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard is also moving the National Intelligence Council offices from the CIA to the Office of the DNI.<\/p>\n<p>Further office cleaning will target more &ldquo;deep state leakers&rdquo; within the ODNI, per whistleblowers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Politicization of our intelligence and leaking classified information puts our nation&rsquo;s security at risk and must end,&rdquo; Gabbard had previously told Fox.<\/p>\n<p>She added, &ldquo;Those who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-recruit-is-fair-but-fun-in-its-depiction-of-our-intelligence-agencies\/\" title=\"\u2018The Recruit\u2019 Fair, but fun in its depiction of our ... Agencies\">leak classified information<\/a> will be found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gabbard has been plenty busy in recent months, to say nothing of her ongoing efforts to weed out &ldquo;the deep state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>At the end of March, she revoked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tulsi-gabbard-revokes-security-clearances-biden-harris-clinton-cheney-per-potus-directive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security clearance<\/a> of a number of prominent government officials.<\/p>\n<p>Those officials included former President Joe Biden and failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?\">@POTUS<\/a> directive, I have revoked former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s security clearance, and revoked clearances and access to classified information for Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Fiona Hill, and Alexander Vindman.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNIGabbard\/status\/1905756922332258711?\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after that, Gabbard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-tulsi-gabbard-confirms-biggest-election-fraud-claim-history-trump-cabinet-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> an investigation into some <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >alarming election fraud claims &#038;mdash<\/a>; a major stated issue for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Just a little over a week after that announcement, Gabbard blew the cover on Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tulsi-gabbard-declassifies-bidens-domestic-terrorism-document-terrorists-mind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domestic terrorism<\/a>&rdquo; documents that appeared to be specifically targeting white people.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In a November announcement, Trump stated, &#8220;I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community, championing our Constitutional Rights and securing Peace through Strength.&#8221; Supporters of Trump have long criticized what they refer to as &#8220;the swamp&#8221; and &#8220;the deep state,&#8221; which they see as entrenched political adversaries in Washington D.C., making it a primary issue for Gabbard to tackle. According to an exclusive report from Fox News on Tuesday, Gabbard has begun acting on this mandate by reportedly dismissing top officials at the National Intelligence Council who were described by whistleblowers as being strongly opposed to Trump. She relieved Mike Collins and his deputy Maria Langan-Riekhof from their positions; Collins was allegedly linked to efforts that dismissed Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop as Russian disinformation while Langan-Riekhof was noted for her strong support of diversity initiatives and anti-Trump sentiments. Additionally, Gabbard is relocating the National Intelligence Council offices from the CIA to the Office of DNI and plans further actions against more &#8220;deep state leakers&#8221; within ODNI. She previously stated that politicization in intelligence and leaking classified information jeopardizes national security and vowed accountability for those responsible. In recent months, Gabbard has been active in addressing these issues; she revoked security clearances for several high-profile government figures including Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the end of March 2025. Shortly thereafter, she initiated an investigation into serious election fraud allegations-a significant concern raised by Trump-and revealed documents related to Biden&#8217;s &#8220;domestic terrorism&#8221; strategy targeting white individuals specifically<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2434356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gabbard-Cabinet.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50489,55189,51130,51101,5894],"class_list":["post-2434355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-deep-state-2","tag-fired-officials","tag-gabbard-2","tag-leakers","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Gabbard-Cabinet.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434359,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434355\/revisions\/2434359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}