US EditionUS official's email on gang assessment sparks concern in intelligence agencies
- Joe Kent, chief of staff to DNI Tulsi Gabbard, ordered intelligence analysts to rewrite a February 26 memo assessing Venezuela's ties to the Tren de Aragua gang.
- Kent pushed for changes to align the assessment with Trump administration policies that claimed Venezuelan government control over the gang, contradicting intelligence findings.
- The intelligence community concluded in two separate assessments that Venezuela likely does not control the gang, a judgment the Trump administration used to justify deportations under the rarely invoked 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
- Kent's emails from April 3 reveal his intent to prevent the memo from being used against the DNI or President, requesting a 're writing' to reflect a hostile nation narrative supporting mass deportations.
- Kent’s actions sparked warnings from bipartisan intelligence leaders who paused his NCTC nomination, citing politicization risks and potential damage to national security procedures.
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Alternative facts: National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s top aide instructed intelligence officials to rewrite an assessment of the Venezuelan government’s relationship with the Tren de Aragua gang. Joe Kent ordered the revisions in order to protect Gabbard and convicted felon and President Donald Trump from criticism as the assessment contradicted their claims about the gang. In an email, Kent said, “we need to do some rewriting” and m…
US official's email on gang assessment sparks concern in intelligence agencies
A top adviser to Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. director of national intelligence, acknowledged in a March 24 email that the Venezuelan government may not have specifically directed the activities of a gang that the Trump administration has used to justify fast-tracking deportations of immigrants, but argued that a link between Caracas and the gang was "common sense."
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