Security clearances of 37 former, current intel professionals revoked

By Sarah Roderick-Fitch
The Center Square

The security clearances of 37 former and current intelligence professionals have been revoked, citing abuse of intelligence information, the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced.

“Being entrusted with a security clearance is a privilege, not a right,” Gabbard posted on X late Tuesday afternoon. “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. In doing so, they undermine our national security, the safety and security of the American people and the foundational principles of our democratic republic.”

Gabbard said the decision came from the direction of President Donald Trump, following last month’s disclosure of Russiagate intelligence documents, the DNI claims were “manufactured,” describing the alleged activities as a “coup” and “treasonous.”

“When you look at the intent behind creating a fake, manufactured intelligence document that directly contradicts multiple assessments that were created by the intelligence community, the expressed intent and what followed afterward can only be described as a years-long coup and a treasonous conspiracy against the American people, our republic, and an attempt to undermine President Trump’s administration,” Gabbard said. “The implications of this are far reaching and have to do with the integrity of our democratic republic. It had to do with an outgoing president taking action to manufacture intelligence to undermine and usurp the will of the American people.”

In reference to the revoked security clearances, Gabbard accused the professionals of “politicizing and manipulating intelligence, leaking classified intelligence without authorization, and/or committing intentional egregious violations of tradecraft standards.”

In her July briefing to reporters at the White House, Gabbard pointed the finger at former President Barack Obama being behind the “manufactured” documents.

“There is irrefutable evidence that detail how President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment that they knew was false … We’re here today because the American people deserve the truth,” said Gabbard.

Gabbard argued that, according to her intelligence information, Russia predicted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election, adding that Russia was holding on to damning health information on Clinton, which they chose not to release before the election.

“If Russia was trying to influence the election like Democrats said in order to boost Donald Trump, they’d have released the most damning information on Hillary prior to the election. They specifically withheld it because they thought she’d win,” Gabbard argued.

The DNI read a portion of her report, detailing Clinton’s mental well-being, as detailed in emails from the DNC.

“DNC emails that detail evidence of Hillary’s ‘psycho-emotional problems, uncontrolled fits of anger, aggression, and cheerfulness’ and a daily regimen of heavy tranquilizers,” she added.

In addition, Gabbard declassified a 2020 House Intelligence Committee report, exposing “how the Obama Administration manufactured the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment that they knew was false.”

The security clearances’ revocation comes a couple of weeks after multiple reports that the U.S. Department of Justice is opening a grand jury investigation into the allegations.