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lostincalifornia

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 06:36 PM Aug 2025

Tulsi Gabbard revokes security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials [View all]

"The US government security clearances of at least 37 current and former national security officials have been revoked by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, according to a memo obtained by CNN.

Those impacted include people who were involved in conducting an assessment of Russia’s efforts to influence the 2016 election as well as members of former President Joe Biden’s National Security Council, according to a person familiar. The person noted most of the intelligence professionals impacted are not household names.

In an X post on Tuesday, Gabbard confirmed reports of the action to revoke clearances, writing: “Being entrusted with a security clearance is a privilege, not a right. Those in the Intelligence Community who betray their oath to the Constitution and put their own interests ahead of the interests of the American people have broken the sacred trust they promised to uphold.”

The memo, which does not cite specific evidence of wrongdoing by current or former officials, was circulated on Monday to multiple US intelligence community agencies, the person familiar said."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tulsi-gabbard-revokes-security-clearances-210643230.html

Gabbard was unanimously elected as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

I am not into conspiracies, but Hillary had a point when she suggested that Gabbard was a Russian asset.

Gabbard should self-revoke her own clearance, but what would you expect when the country elected someone who tried to overthrow the government on January 6.






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