Gabbard Launches Task Force to Rebuild Trust in Intelligence Community, Declassify Docs
Gabbard Launches Task Force to Rebuild Trust in Intelligence Community, Declassify Docs
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is establishing a new task force that will address the politicization of the intelligence community and declassify documents in accordance with President Donald Trump’s executive orders.
Gabbard announced Tuesday the formation of the Director’s Initiatives Group to investigate the weaponization of the intelligence community, review documents for declassification, and get rid of administrative bloat.
“In order to rebuild trust in the Intelligence Community and execute the tasks required by President Trump’s intelligence-related Executive Orders, I established the Director’s Initiatives Group to bring about transparency and accountability across the IC,” Gabbard said.
“We are already identifying wasteful spending in real time, streamlining outdated processes, reviewing documents for declassification, and leading ongoing efforts to root out abuses of power and politicization.”
The task force is already reviewing documents tied to politically sensitive matters including the origins of Covid-19, the Biden administration’s surveillance and online censorship, and the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation into false claims of collusion between President Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russians.
Gabbard’s office is also working on downsizing the intelligence bureaucracy and declassifying documents related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Trump administration already declassified a tranche of documents on the JFK assassination in November 1963, but very little new information came out about gunman Lee Harvey Oswald’s killing. Trump ordered the documents be declassified at the start of his presidency after decades of conspiracy theories about all three assassinations captured the public’s imagination and remained potent in public opinion polling.
Gabbard’s working group’s actions are being driven by several of Trump’s executive orders on issues ranging from government efficiency and online censorship to declassification and ending weaponization. Gabbard is hoping the high-profile initiatives will help restore transparency and trust in the intelligence community after years of scandals involving Trump and conservatives more broadly.
Gabbard has already pursued accountability against intelligence employees who allegedly participated in sexually explicit chatrooms in an internal messaging board. Over 100 people were involved with obscene chat rooms where members had graphic discussions about transgender operations, sexual fetishes, and polyamory.
At Trump’s request, Gabbard revoked the security clearances for former President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Representative Liz Cheney, and other top U.S. officials who no longer have active roles in government. The Trump administration also stripped security clearances from the 51 former intelligence officials who signed a discredited letter likening the Hunter Biden laptop story to Russian disinformation.
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