Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Said Friday he commanded an investigation into “political motivated leaks” from within the intelligence community and also checked internal chat rooms for any unpleasant chats of employees.
“Political motivation has taken our national security and trust american people and unpuly,” said Gabbard in a statement. “Unfortunately, such a leak becomes an investigation or accountability. We have finished and aggressively following new leaves from within the intelligence community.”
In a series of Posts In X, Gabbard listed what he said recent examples of unauthorized leaks from intelligence community sources. He discussed news reports – in subjects including Israel, Iran and US-Russia relationship – at Huffpost, News Wash News and Record News Site. But he does not know what stories he believes is based on the drops or if they are published or broadcast.
“Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and treats so,” Gabbard wrote.
During President Donald Trump’s first term, his administration discusses additional media leaks for criminal investigation each year than in the last 15 years, according to Records issued In 2021 of the Department of Department of the Independent Guardian group, government management project, in response to a freedom of information on information.
Trump Administration is also looking for To get communication records In reporters from CNN, the New York Times and Washington Post, as part of the leaking efforts to investigate the first term of Trump’s president.
As he taught such a highest intelligence rank in the last month, Gabbard said to restore trust in intelligence agencies, arguing that spy political wasays against Trump.
Gabbard’s statement of investigations in the drops came after the senators he was tipped by his confirmation listening to him 2020 Comments Praise to Edward Snowden, leaking several secrets about National Security Agencesdropping operations.
US prosecutors ordered the snowden with spy. Snowden fled Russia, where the authorities refused to dismiss him.
Gabbard praised Snowden as a brave whistleblower for the revelation of many inflows of the US spy agencies and suggested he is forgiven. but In his hearing of Senate Confirmation In January, Gabbard changed his principle, saying that he was not forgiving for the snowden and that he “violated the law.” However, he’s things that are meant if he believes he is a traitor.
Besides the test strikes, Gabbard said Friday that he also launched an investigation into any unprofitable or unprofessional behavior of internal intelligence agencies.
Last month, Gabbard fired more than 100 intelligence officers From 15 agencies, they say that they use an internal government chat platform for discussions that include subjects such as polyamory, gender surgery.
He said the conduct of the officers represents “a bad breach of trust” and violated “basic rules and patterns around professionalism.”
