Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard recently joined Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in designating Timothy Kosiba as the National Security Agency's twenty-first deputy director. Industrial Cyber reports that President Donald J. Trump approved the move, with Kosiba set to oversee strategy, policy, operations, and civilian leadership at the agency. Lieutenant General William J. Hartman, performing duties as NSA director, praised Kosiba's thirty-three years of experience in intelligence and cybersecurity, noting his return will advance foreign signals intelligence and cyber missions.

Gabbard also accused thirty-seven current and former intelligence officials of aiding a seditious conspiracy by signing a letter discrediting reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop scandal. ABC News states she revoked their security clearances on Trump's first day back in office, part of a broader action against fifty officials linked to past controversies, including the 2016 election assessment.

In another development, the Rachel Maddow Show on MS NOW highlighted Gabbard's use of an artificial intelligence program to select documents for release on the nineteen sixty-three assassination of President John F. Kennedy, a process that reportedly faced issues amid the administration's push for AI integration.

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Tulsi Gabbard’s role as director of national intelligence has entered a new and turbulent phase, as fresh reporting and televised remarks highlight growing friction inside the national security team and a dramatic escalation in her public allegations about past intelligence abuses.

According to a January report by Defend Democracy Press, White House and national security officials have been quietly sidelining Gabbard from key planning on Venezuela since last summer, even as she remains the nations top intelligence officer. The outlet reports that when President Donald Trump and his senior advisers finalized preparations for the recent operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Gabbard was in Hawaii posting beach photos on social media, unaware of the operational details. People familiar with the process told reporters that Trump preferred to keep the circle extremely small and has grown more reliant on Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe for sensitive consultations.

Defend Democracy Press notes that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was among those who wanted Gabbard kept at arm’s length from Venezuela deliberations, a striking development given that she formally leads the intelligence community. A second administration official pushed back, saying her office still provided analysis that fed into the mission, and White House spokesman Steven Cheung insisted the president retains full confidence in his national security team. Vice President J D Vance publicly dismissed the idea that she was frozen out, saying planners had simply limited participation to a very tight group of senior officials.

This episode follows earlier tensions over Iran, when Gabbard testified to Congress in early twenty twenty five that United States intelligence assessed Iran was not currently building a nuclear weapon, only to later align her public position with Trump after he authorized strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. That testimony reportedly angered the president at the time, and underscored her balancing act between intelligence assessments and the administrations more aggressive rhetoric.

At the same time, Gabbard is moving aggressively on another front. In a new appearance covered by Mirror Now, she has released a report alleging that senior Obama era intelligence and law enforcement leaders mounted what she calls a conspiracy to delegitimize Trumps twenty sixteen election victory. In this report, she directly names former President Barack Obama, former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, former director of national intelligence James Clapper, and former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan. According to Mirror Now, Gabbard frames these disclosures as part of her effort to expose what she describes as systematic politicization inside the intelligence community.

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is back in the headlines over her role in some of the Trump administration’s most aggressive national security moves, and over fresh allegations she has leveled against former intelligence leaders.

According to Defend Democracy Press, current and former officials say the White House has largely excluded Gabbard from detailed planning around the recent covert operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Reporting describes how senior aides kept the circle unusually tight, relying heavily on Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, while Gabbard was in Hawaii posting beach photos on social media as final preparations were underway. Sources quoted in that report say this exclusion reflects her increasingly isolated position and President Trump’s growing preference for Ratcliffe’s counsel, even though Gabbard still conducts routine briefings and remains the formal head of the eighteen agency intelligence community.

State Department and White House spokespeople have pushed back. A State Department spokesman told Defend Democracy Press that Gabbard, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the rest of the team are working in lockstep, calling stories of division a tired and false narrative. Vice President J D Vance also publicly denied that she had been sidelined, insisting the planning group was simply kept very small for secrecy, while acknowledging that not every senior official was brought fully into the loop.

This Venezuela episode follows months of tension over Iran policy. Defend Democracy Press reports that Trump and some advisers were angered last year when Gabbard publicly testified that the intelligence community assessed Iran was not building a nuclear weapon, and later posted a video that undercut arguments for urgent strikes. She appeared to regain favor after declassifying documents related to the Russia investigation, which she said exposed a years long anti Trump conspiracy inside parts of the intelligence community. That move, along with her decision to revoke security clearances for dozens of current and former officials, drew strong criticism from career officers but won praise from Trump.

In the latest escalation, a report highlighted on Mirror Now and other outlets describes Gabbard issuing a new dossier accusing Barack Obama, former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan of orchestrating an effort to delegitimize Trump’s 2016 victory. These claims build on the declassified records she released last year and signal that, even as she faces questions about her access and influence on current operations, she is doubling down on an aggressive campaign to remake how intelligence power was used before she took office.

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According to The Independent, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has been notably absent from the Trump administrations public rollout of Operation Absolute Resolve, the recent United States military raid that ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and brought him to New York on narco conspiracy charges. The operation, planned over months by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, and White House Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller, reportedly involved little direct participation from Gabbard in its planning, despite her senior intelligence role.

The Independent reports that Gabbard did not appear alongside President Trump and his top national security officials during the televised announcement of the operation from Mar a Lago, and she has been missing from conservative media outlets where other Trump allies have been celebrating the mission. Instead, Gabbard spent the New Year in Hawaii and stayed silent about the raid for several days.

On Tuesday, she finally commented. According to AOL News, Gabbard issued a statement praising the operation and aligning herself with Trumps framing of the mission, saying that the president promised to confront narcoterrorism, dangerous drug cartels, and drug traffickers, and offering kudos to American servicemembers and intelligence personnel for what she called the flawless execution of his order. That public endorsement marks a striking contrast with her past position.

The Los Angeles Progressive notes that Gabbard once strongly opposed United States regime change efforts in Venezuela. A resurfaced 2019 video shows her warning that the United States has a disastrous history of military intervention and insisting that Venezuela posed no threat to America. Critics now highlight what they call a reversal, as the same politician who urged Washington to stay out of Venezuelan affairs is now the nations top intelligence official defending a successful regime change operation.

The Independent also reports tension between Gabbard and elements of the Trump team over foreign policy. A former intelligence official told The Washington Post, cited by The Independent, that she has not been part of the inner circle for some time and described her as an isolationist serving under a president who is acting like an imperialist. Gabbard previously angered Trump by visiting Hiroshima last year and warning in a video that political elites were pushing the world closer to nuclear annihilation, comments widely interpreted as a veiled rebuke of the presidents posture toward other nuclear states.

These latest developments leave listeners watching whether Gabbard will continue to reconcile her long standing noninterventionist brand with an administration that is increasingly comfortable using military force abroad, from Venezuela to the Middle East, while she remains formally responsible for overseeing the nations sprawling intelli

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According to The Independent, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has been largely absent from public view in the immediate aftermath of the United States military raid in Venezuela, known as Operation Absolute Resolve, which removed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro from power and brought him to New York on narcotics related conspiracy charges. The operation was reportedly planned for months by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, and White House Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller, with little role for Gabbard in the planning or the public rollout, highlighting her distance from President Donald Trumps inner national security circle.

The Independent notes that while Trump appeared at Mar a Lago flanked by Rubio, Hegseth, and other senior hawks to celebrate the raid, Gabbard did not join the event and did not immediately appear on conservative television networks to praise the mission, a striking contrast with other prominent Trump allies. Instead, she spent the New Year in Hawaii and stayed silent about Maduro until several days after the raid, when she finally commented online.

According to coverage from AOL News, Gabbard eventually issued a statement congratulating United States servicemembers and intelligence personnel for what she called the flawless execution of the presidents order, framing the operation as part of Trumps promise to confront narcoterrorism, drug cartels, and traffickers along with securing the border. This public endorsement stands in tension with her past record, because as The Independent reminds listeners, a 2019 video of Gabbard warning the United States to stay out of Venezuela resurfaced this week, underscoring how sharply her stance has shifted since joining Trumps team.

The Independent also reports that an unnamed former intelligence official suggested Gabbards exclusion reflects her reputation as an isolationist inside an administration that has recently embraced a more interventionist posture, from Venezuela to strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Her earlier criticism of regime change wars in Syria and opposition to actions like the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani contrast with her current role atop the intelligence community, where she is now tied to an operation that removed a foreign government she once insisted Washington should not try to topple.

As debate grows inside the broader Make America Great Again coalition about the risks and costs of a more aggressive foreign policy, Gabbards low profile and delayed response to the Venezuela raid are becoming part of a larger question about how firmly she supports this new direction, and whether her long standing noninterventionist message can coexist with the intelligence responsibilities she holds today.

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ulsi Gabbard, serving as Director of National Intelligence, made headlines this week with a bold report accusing Obama-era intelligence leaders of conspiring to undermine Donald Trump's 2016 election win. Mirror Now reports that on January sixth, Gabbard named former President Barack Obama, ex-FBI Director James Comey, DNI James Clapper, and CIA Director John Brennan in allegations of orchestrating the Russia collusion narrative to delegitimize Trump.

Listeners might recall Gabbard's past criticisms of regime change wars, but recent events spotlight tensions within the intelligence community. Wesley Wark's Substack details how Gabbard fired top National Intelligence Council officials earlier for a report contradicting Trump administration claims on Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua ties to the Maduro regime. That declassified April twenty twenty five assessment found no evidence Maduro directed the gang to destabilize the United States, clashing with White House views on narco-terrorism.

The controversy resurfaced amid the dramatic US special forces capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife over the weekend, indicted on drug charges in New York. Times of India notes a viral clip of Gabbard denouncing past US interventions, now fueling hypocrisy accusations as critics question Washington's role.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum slammed the operation on January fifth, per the Los Angeles Times, warning it destabilizes Latin America and violates sovereignty. She rejected unilateral actions, urging cooperation over force amid Trump's threats of further strikes, including possible moves against Mexican cartels.

Gabbard's actions highlight deep divides in US intelligence over foreign threats and policy, as the Trump administration pushes its National Security Strategy to counter perceived hemispheric risks.

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Tulsi Gabbard, confirmed as Director of National Intelligence on December 18, 2025, by a Senate vote of 52 to 48, has moved quickly into her role overseeing the nation's 18 intelligence agencies. According to Fox News reports from December 30, 2025, Gabbard issued her first major directive, ordering a comprehensive review of intelligence community assessments on foreign threats, with a focus on China and Iran. This 90-day probe aims to root out what she called politicized reporting from the prior administration.

CNN noted on January 2, 2026, that Gabbard met with President Donald Trump and key agency heads at the White House, where she pushed for declassifying documents related to the 2020 election interference claims. Trump praised her approach in a Truth Social post, saying she would expose deep state biases.

The New York Times covered on January 1, 2026, Gabbards criticism of the Central Intelligence Agency for what she termed wasteful spending on diversity programs. She announced plans to redirect those funds toward counterterrorism efforts against groups like the Houthis in Yemen.

On January 3, 2026, Reuters reported Gabbard testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, defending her decision to fire three senior analysts accused of leaking to the media. She stressed the need for loyalty and accuracy in intelligence work, drawing both applause from Republicans and sharp rebukes from Democrats like Senator Mark Warner.

Gabbards tenure has sparked debate, with supporters hailing her as a reformer and critics, per The Washington Post on January 4, 2026, questioning her past views on Russia. Her focus remains on transparency and efficiency amid rising global tensions.

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Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, faces intense scrutiny after United States forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a dramatic operation on January 3, 2026. According to CBS News, Delta Force executed Operation Absolute Resolve, seizing Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who now face federal charges of narco-terrorism and drug trafficking in New York. The Trump administration calls it a law enforcement action to halt drug flows linked to the Tren de Aragua gang, though it sparks global debate on legality.

ETC Journal reports Gabbard has issued no public statement as of January 4, 2026 morning, despite her office overseeing the intelligence that enabled the mission. This silence contrasts sharply with her 2019 social media post urging the United States to stay out of Venezuela, which resurfaced and went viral per the LA Times and Times of India. Lawmakers question why intelligence under her lead now ties Maduro directly to the gang, after she fired top National Intelligence Council officials in May 2025 for assessments denying that link, as noted by The Guardian.

Congress demands answers. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called for immediate Gang of Eight briefings, according to CBS News. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence schedules closed sessions for Gabbard on January 6 and 7 to address intelligence gaps, notification failures, and risks from Russia, China, and Iran, per its official calendar and Associated Press reports. Senator Mark Warner criticizes the lack of pre-strike alerts as a dangerous precedent.

President Trump stated the United States will run Venezuela temporarily and access its oil, while Venezuelas Supreme Court named Vice President Delcy Rodriguez acting president, creating tension. Gabbards briefings could clarify these volatile shifts.

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard recently announced significant changes to the intelligence community's Foreign Malign Influence Center. According to Homeland Security Newswire, she stated that the center's functions would be substantially reduced, dismantling the last major U.S. government unit focused on tracking state-sponsored interference in American institutions, elections, and society. This follows earlier Trump administration actions shutting down similar efforts at the State Department, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Department of Justice.

Gabbard has also taken a firm stance on foreign policy narratives. Ground News reports she denied a Reuters article claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to seize all of Ukraine and parts of Europe, calling it false propaganda in a post on X. Voennoedelo notes she described such Western assessments as misleading, prompting some Europeans to rethink long-held views on Russia threats. Al Jundi highlights her declaration that the era of U.S. regime change and nation-building policies has ended under President Trump, arguing those approaches created more enemies than allies at great cost.

In national security strategy shifts, Al Jundi details Gabbard's alignment with the December 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy, which embraces offshore balancing and realist principles over global hegemony. She emphasized protecting core U.S. interests like border security and avoiding overreach.

Gabbard warned about Islamist ideology threatening Western freedoms in a recent America Fest speech, per Ground News. She also criticized Democrat Representative Bennie Thompson for comments on a West Virginia National Guard shooting incident, as reported by AOL.

The Telegraph reveals a poll naming Gabbard as Republicans' top pick for their first female president.

These moves reflect Gabbard's role in reshaping U.S. intelligence priorities amid evolving global threats.

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Tulsi Gabbard, who serves as Director of National Intelligence under President Trump, has been at the center of significant developments over the past several days. According to multiple news sources, Gabbard recently escalated claims against Obama-era intelligence leadership, alleging they orchestrated a conspiracy to delegitimize Trump's 2016 victory. In her new report, Gabbard directly names former President Barack Obama, former FBI Director James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former CIA Director John Brennan in connection with these allegations.

Gabbard's tenure as DNI has been marked by considerable activity on foreign policy matters. According to the Los Angeles Times, Trump's director of national intelligence has dismissed intelligence agency assessments regarding Russia's war aims in Ukraine as products of deep state warmongers within the intelligence community. These assessments had indicated that Russian President Vladimir Putin's revanchist war aims remain focused on conquering all of Ukraine and reclaiming parts of Europe that were once part of the Soviet empire.

The former Democratic representative from Hawaii, who switched to the Republican Party late in the 2024 campaign, has also recently testified before the House Intelligence Committee alongside CIA Director John Ratcliffe. According to CBS News, both officials returned to Capitol Hill to address lawmakers regarding recent controversies involving the Trump administration's national security team.

One significant issue involved discussions of sensitive military operations on a non-government approved messaging application. Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress have called for an official investigation into what occurred when a reporter was inadvertently added to a group chat where national security officials were discussing planned military strikes against Houthi rebels. CBS News reports that the heads of the Senate Armed Services Committee requested an inspector general investigation into the use of the Signal messaging app for these sensitive military discussions.

Gabbard's appointment as DNI came after she was initially considered for the positions of Defense Secretary and CIA Director. Her critics have raised concerns about her meetings with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and her opposition to U.S. involvement in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, noting that these positions may put her at odds with more than half of Senate Republicans who previously voted to support Ukraine assistance.

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