Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard removed two top intelligence officials from their posts on Tuesday for allegedly politicizing intelligence.
Officials with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed to the Washington Examiner that both acting NIC Chairman Mike Collins and his deputy, Maria Langan-Riekhof, were removed from their posts late Tuesday night.
ODNI officials note that whistleblower complaints accused Collins of “deliberately undermining” President Donald Trump’s agenda. Furthermore, the NIC will now be nested directly within ODNI to block the “politicization of intelligence.”
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The Washington Examiner was unable to contact Collins and Langan-Riekhof.
NIC is the intelligence group responsible for writing secret assessments of U.S. intelligence for the president. The Washington Post reported Wednesday afternoon that the Collins and Langan-Riekhof firings came weeks after they
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