US EditionGabbard slashing intelligence office workforce, cutting budget by more than $700 million
Tulsi Gabbard aims to eliminate redundancy and politicization in the intelligence community by cutting 40% of ODNI staff, saving $700 million annually and refocusing on core national security missions.
- On Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced plans to shrink the Office of the Director of National Intelligence by 40% by the end of 2025, cutting staff from about 1,850 to 1,300 by September 23 and saving taxpayers $700 million annually.
- Created after the Sept. 11 attacks, ODNI faces criticism for duplicating work, and Tulsi Gabbard says politicization, abuse of power, and leaks plague the intelligence community.
- The overhaul closes the Foreign Malign Influence Center, National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center, and Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, folds the National Intelligence University into the Department of Defense National Defense University, and cuts staff by nearly 50% since Wednesday.
- Senate Republicans praised Director Tulsi Gabbard's reforms as restoring ODNI's mission, but some Democrats expressed no confidence and noted her suspension of 37 security clearances earlier this week.
- The reform package includes reprioritizing resources toward artificial intelligence and quantum technologies and emphasizes security-clearance reform, with Gabbard briefing President Donald Trump earlier this month and coordinating NIU integration with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Personnel Cuts to National Intelligence Office Will Save Taxpayers $700 Million
by Thérèse Boudreaux The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is set to undergo a massive overhaul and cut 40% of its workforce, continuing the Trump administration’s efforts to slash bureaucratic bloat across federal agencies. Created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, ODNI functions as the U.S. Intelligence Community’s oversight body and central hub, promoting intelligence integration and communication within the IC. In …
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cascadepbs.orgWhat Gabbard's ODNI cuts mean for U.S. intelligence agencies
The Trump administration announced that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would cut 40% of its staff. Tulsi Gabbard claims ODNI is "inefficient" and "rife with abuse." The office was created after 9/11 to coordinate the 17 intelligence agencies. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Sue Gordon, principal deputy director of national intelligence at the ODNI from 2017 to 2019.
Gabbard to scale back election-threat monitoring efforts | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, announced Wednesday that she would reorganize her office, eliminating the National Defense University and shrinking the Foreign Malign Influence Center, which tracked efforts by adversarial countries to manipulate U.S. elections.
Slimming the Deep State: Gabbard to cut ODNI staff by nearly 50 percent
Lawmakers are divided on the plan, which would eliminate hundreds of roles and save the ODNI more than $700 million annually. As part of the changes, the agency will trim down the Foreign Malign Influence Center, which collects and analyzes data on foreign influence operations seeking to undermine U.S. democracy. ODNI says that the National Intelligence Council and National Counterintelligence and Security Center already carry out this work, and…
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