US EditionThe New MAGA Turf War Over National Intelligence
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, JUL 2 – Senator Tom Cotton aims to reduce ODNI workforce from about 1,800 to 650 employees, eliminating several units to address concerns of inefficiency and bureaucratic growth.
- Last week, Sen. Tom Cotton, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, introduced the Intelligence Community Efficiency and Effectiveness Act, capping ODNI at 650 staff and eliminating key offices.
- Created in 2004 after 9/11 to coordinate 18 agencies, ODNI has since expanded into a sprawling, bureaucratic entity, prompting calls for reform.
- Records reveal ODNI had about 1,800 staff in 2025; the bill would cut 25% and transfer offices to CIA and FBI.
- Critics warn the bill would deepen GOP turf wars and shift power to the CIA, raising concerns about weaponization of agencies.
- Ahead of the upcoming Intelligence Authorization Act debate, Senate Republicans broadly agree on the need to overhaul ODNI, with Cotton preparing for the process as reform authority shifts to Congress.
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Senate Republicans look to limit the size of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Senate Republicans want to limit the size of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. A new bill led by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton would cap ODNI at 650 full-time staff. ODNI started out the year with roughly 1800 employees. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she has already reduced ODNI’s staff by roughly 25% since then. Cotton’s legislation would deepen the cuts by eliminating several ODNI o…
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Fundamentally reforming the intelligence community is an urgent task for the second Trump administration. If the White House fails to reshape U.S. intelligence, any future Republican president will confront even worse partisan harassment than President Donald Trump faced from the “deep state” during his first term. Such root-and-branch reforms cannot originate with the executive branch. Besides, that’s a dead letter since Director of National In…
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Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, The war over what America First means will soon move to a new theater: a battle over the fate of the Office of Director of National Intelligence. Overseeing all 18 of the U.S. intelligence agencies, the office was created in the wake of 9/11 to serve as a sort […]
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