{"id":2602700,"date":"2026-05-14T12:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/odni-denies-claims-cia-raided-gabbards-office\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:55:01","slug":"odni-denies-claims-cia-raided-gabbards-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/odni-denies-claims-cia-raided-gabbards-office\/","title":{"rendered":"ODNI denies claims CIA raided Gabbard\u2019s office"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fodni-denies-claims-cia-raided-gabbards-office%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=2602700&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>The article describes a dispute over claims that the CIA \u201craided\u201d the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and removed sensitive records connected to the JFK assassination files and the MKUltra program. ODNI\u2019s press secretary Olivia Coleman denied that a raid occurred, saying the CIA did not raid ODNI\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy began after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna suggested that she had been told the CIA \u201ctook documents\u201d (including material related to JFK and MKUltra) out of ODNI during declassification review. Fox News host Jesse Watters amplified the story using dramatic \u201craid\u201d language. Luna later clarified that it was not a raid and said the actions involved documents ODNI has jurisdiction over, though she also asserted that it did not happen on the day she initially seemed to imply.<\/p>\n<p>The underlying allegations appear to stem from testimony to the Senate Homeland Security Committee by a CIA whistleblower,James Erdman III,who said about 40 boxes of related records had been taken from ODNI during declassification review. Luna has pressed for preservation of records, including by sending a letter requesting CIA Director John Ratcliffe ensure all materials are kept. The CIA has not publicly commented on whether the specific document handling allegations are true, but it criticized lawmakers\u2019 subpoena-related actions tied to the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute is unfolding amid broader renewed public focus on long-classified government records about JFK and other cold War-era intelligence programs, including ongoing declassification releases, and Luna continues to demand answers while ODNI maintains that no forcible raid occurred.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Director of National Intelligence <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\">Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s<\/a> office is pushing back on claims that the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cia\/\">CIA<\/a> \u201craided\u201d ODNI headquarters and removed boxes of sensitive files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the controversial MKUltra program, after comments from Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anna-paulina-luna\/\">Anna Paulina Luna<\/a> (R-FL) sparked a wave of online speculation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/only-22-of-cable-news-is-news-study\/\" title=\"Only 22% of Cable \u2018News\u2019 is News: Study\">cable news coverage<\/a> of the dust-up this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is false \u2014 the CIA did not raid the DNI\u2019s office,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/odni\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2952\">ODNI<\/a> press secretary Olivia Coleman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DNIspox\/status\/2054750310162104441\">wrote late Wednesday evening<\/a> on X, in response to a now-deleted segment from Fox News host Jesse Watters amplifying the allegation.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4568158\/judge-override-us-sanction-un-official-gaza-war-crime-charge\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Judge overrides US sanctions on UN official for backing Israel war crime charges<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4568393\/healthcare-ceo-brett-blackman-convicted-medicare-fraud-conspiracy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Healthcare company CEO convicted of $1 billion Medicare fraud conspiracy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4567774\/doj-dc-bar-weaponizing-discipline\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ accuses DC Bar authority of weaponizing discipline against federal lawyers<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is false \u2013 the CIA did not raid the DNI\u2019s office. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vZOEqzeK4M\">https:\/\/t.co\/vZOEqzeK4M<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\u2014 Olivia Coleman (@DNIspox) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNIspox\/status\/2054750310162104441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The controversy began after Luna told <em>NewsNation<\/em> that she had been informed the CIA had \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/2054736921276924156\">taken documents<\/a> out of ODNI, multiple boxes pertaining to the JFK files as well as MKUltra.\u201d She characterized the alleged removal as \u201ctroubling,\u201d particularly because President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ordered broad declassification reviews involving assassination records<\/a> and particularly sensitive intelligence files.<\/p>\n<p>The comments quickly spread online and were later picked up by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fox-news\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"92\">Fox News<\/a> on Wednesday afternoon, when Watters described the allegations in dramatic terms during an interview with Luna, saying \u201cTHE CIA JUST RAIDED TULSI GABBARD\u2019S OFFICE\u2026 HOLY SMOKES!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But hours later, Luna walked back the framing. Just after 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, she clarified on X that the incident was not a \u201craid\u201d and did not happen earlier in the day, adding the CIA allegedly \u201ctook documents that ODNI has jurisdiction over.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clarification: Took documents that ODNI has jurisdiction over. Also, this did not happen today and was not a \u201craid\u201d however it did take place and we are just being made aware of it based on reporting etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLuna\/status\/2054736921276924156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, this did not happen today and was not a \u2018raid\u2019 however it did take place and we are just being made aware of it based on reporting etc.,\u201d Luna wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Luna also took to X on Thursday morning to defend herself further amid the fallout from the claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am noticing a few large accounts stating falsely that I claimed there was a raid on Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s office by the CIA,\u201d she <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/2054929210653782228\">said<\/a>. \u201cThis is completely false. There is no clip or statement that exists. Why is there an orchestrated push for this narrative? Not one account can post a clip of me saying that cause it never happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CIA has not publicly commented on the underlying allegation involving the documents themselves. However, the agency did respond broadly to a Senate hearing connected to the matter, criticizing lawmakers for subpoenaing a CIA officer to testify about the intelligence community\u2019s initial investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe witness testifying today is not appearing as a whistleblower in pursuit of the truth, but instead in response to the subpoena issued by Chairman Paul,\u201d CIA spokeswoman Liz Lyons <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CIASpox\/status\/2054564144943104008\">wrote on X<\/a>, referring to Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rand-paul\/\">Rand Paul<\/a> (R-KY).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Committee acted in bad faith by subpoenaing an Agency officer for testimony today without notifying CIA, despite having already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-furious-as-active-agent-testifies-on-faucis-enormous-role-in-covid-cover-up\/\" title=\"... Furious as Active Agent Testifies on Fauci&#039;s Enormous Role in COVID &#039;Cover-Up&#039;\">obtained closed-door testimony<\/a> from the individual previously. The witness testifying today is not appearing as a whistleblower in pursuit of the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liz Lyons (@CIASpox) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CIASpox\/status\/2054564144943104008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Luna\u2019s allegations appear to stem from testimony delivered Wednesday before the Senate Homeland Security Committee by CIA whistleblower James Erdman III. During the hearing, Erdman alleged that roughly 40 boxes tied to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4549102\/anna-paulina-luna-mkultra-hearing-cia-mind-control-program\/\">JFK assassination materials and MKUltra-related records<\/a> had been taken from ODNI while undergoing declassification review.<\/p>\n<p>Luna later <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/2054693936120164756\">posted a letter<\/a> addressed to CIA Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-ratcliffe\/\">John Ratcliffe<\/a> requesting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4567877\/luna-whistleblower-cia-jfk-mkultra-files\/\">preservation of all records <\/a>related to the matter. Ratcliffe previously served as director of national intelligence during Trump\u2019s first administration, before later becoming CIA director during Trump\u2019s second.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute comes amid renewed public attention on long-classified government files tied to the assassination of Kennedy and Cold War intelligence operations.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Trump ordered the release of additional assassination-related documents involving Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The National Archives has since released tens of thousands of pages of records as part of a declassification process.<\/p>\n<p>MKUltra remains one of the CIA\u2019s most infamous historical programs. Beginning in the 1950s, the agency conducted covert experiments involving LSD, hypnosis, and sensory deprivation, in an effort to discover and explore the possibilities for human mind-control, often on unwitting subjects in the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Many records tied to the program were destroyed in 1973 at the orders of then-CIA leadership, though additional files have surfaced through declassification efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the information breakdown on Wednesday, Luna informed her followers one day before that a previously planned hearing to discuss the MKUltra program would no longer happen on Wednesday, because \u201cour other three witnesses, rightfully so, were hesitant to testify,\u201d Luna said, citing vague but \u201clegitimate concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna, on Thursday, maintained that it is her job to follow up when <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"31\">Congress<\/a> is offered \u201cconflicting narratives from different agencies,\u201d noting that the history of the CIA destroying certain records looms large over her concerns on this issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor people to act like the CIA doesn\u2019t have a history of destroying documents is BIZARO-WORLD,\u201d she added in her Thursday morning post.<\/p>\n<p>While Luna has continued pressing for answers about the handling of the records, ODNI has merely stated that Gabbard\u2019s office was not forcibly raided, and Luna has claimed that the CIA removed records within ODNI\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4567877\/luna-whistleblower-cia-jfk-mkultra-files\/\">LUNA THREATENS SUBPOENA AFTER WHISTLEBLOWER SAYS CIA SEIZED JFK AND MKULTRA FILES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While it is unclear what will happen next, Luna said Wednesday she would be filing a subpoena over the allegedly taken files by the end of the day on Thursday: \u201cThe CIA has 24 hours to return the documents to Tulsi Gabbard\u2019s office or else I will make a motion to issue a subpoena.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>contacted spokespeople for Gabbard, Luna, and Ratcliffe.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ODNI denies CIA \u201craid\u201d claim after Luna sparked JFK\/MKUltra speculation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2602703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RatcliffeLunaGabbard.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7362,41281,42563,37690],"class_list":["post-2602700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cia","tag-intelligence-community","tag-odni","tag-tulsi-gabbard"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RatcliffeLunaGabbard.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602700","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\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2602700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2602705,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2602700\/revisions\/2602705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2602703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2602700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2602700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2602700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}