Tulsi Gabbard blindsided CIA with post-Putin meeting purge: report
Earlier DU threads:
• Gabbard Outs Covert Agent, Horrifying CIA And Helping Russia - Rebel HQ
• Trump, Gabbard fired top CIA Russia expert days after Alaska summit
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Source: Salon
Tulsi Gabbard blindsided CIA with post-Putin meeting purge: report
Blaise Malley
Thu, August 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM EDT
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Just days after helping prepare President Donald Trump for his Aug. 15 summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, one of the CIA’s senior-most Russia experts was abruptly stripped of her security clearance — effectively ending her 29-year career, according to a Thursday report from The Washington Post.
The officer had been slated for an overseas posting, which had been approved by CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Instead, she became one of 37 current and former officials swept up in what critics describe as a politically motivated purge orchestrated by Trump and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
The August 19 memo announcing the revocations, signed by Gabbard and posted on X, accused those targeted of having “abused the public trust by politicizing and manipulating intelligence, leaking classified intelligence without authorization, and/or committing intentional egregious violations of tradecraft standards.”
Most of those whose clearances were revoked were had either taken part in the assessments regarding Russia’s potential role in the 2016 presidential election or had called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment during his participated in intelligence assessments related to Russia’s attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election or had signed a 2019 letter calling for President Trump’s impeachment, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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