Top spy Tulsi Gabbard launches task force to 'restore transparency' to US intel community [View all]

Source: USA Today

Published 5:20 p.m. ET April 8, 2025


WASHINGTON – Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday announced the establishment of a task force charged with “restoring transparency and accountability” to the intelligence community that is already looking at declassifying information from the FBI's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Gabbard’s newly established Director’s Initiatives Group, or DIG, aims to execute President Donald Trump's executive orders designed to rebuild trust in the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies, which Trump says was diminished through politically motivated investigations into his conduct.

In a news release, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said the new initiative will start by “investigating weaponization, rooting out deep-seeded politicization, exposing unauthorized disclosures of classified intelligence, and declassifying information that serves a public interest.”

The task force will also lead assessments into the structure, resourcing and personnel of the intelligence community, including the CIA and National Security Agency, “to improve efficiency and eliminate wasteful spending.”

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