Intelligence Community Oversight

DNI Tulsi Gabbard has disbanded a temporary "depoliticization" reform task force she created in April to review alleged politicization, declassification and spending, saying it achieved a "historic level of transparency" as officers return to their agencies amid broader ODNI restructuring that included more than $700 million in cuts, two senior firings and dozens of clearance revocations. The move comes amid controversy over an anonymous top‑secret whistleblower complaint alleging she mishandled an NSA intercept — a complaint that sat roughly six‑to‑eight months before Congress saw a redacted copy, which GOP intelligence chairs have dismissed as politically motivated while acting IG Tamara Johnson found one allegation "not credible" and could not assess another and current IG Christopher Fox administratively closed the matter in June 2025; Gabbard denies wrongdoing and says she never possessed the complaint and that no 21‑day referral was required.