Gabbard Says More Than 100 Intelligent Staffers Fired for Alleged Explicit Chats
Newly minted Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issued a directive Tuesday to terminate the employment of and revoke security clearances of employees who have been caught up in an alleged explicit…
Newly minted Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issued a directive Tuesday to terminate the employment of and revoke security clearances of employees who have been caught up in an alleged explicit conversation scandal.
According to Fox News, employees at the National Security Agency (NSA) had participated in obscene and explicit chatroom conversations using the agency’s “Interlink” messaging platform.
During an interview on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Gabbard said there were over 100 employees who had violated the trust of the agency.
“There are over 100 people from across the intelligence community that contributed to and participated in … what is really just an egregious violation of trust. What to speak of, like basic rules and standards around professionalism,” Gabbard said.
Officials have said the employees under investigation used the messaging platform to share their sexual fantasies under the guise of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Chat logs from the NSA’s “Intelink” messaging platform, obtained by the Manhattan Institute, revealed discussions among intelligence agency employees about gender-reassignment surgery, artificial genitalia, hormone therapy, polyamory, and pronoun usage. Agencies involved reportedly include the Defense Intelligence Agency, U.S. Naval Intelligence, and the NSA, per Fox News.
Following the release of these logs, an NSA spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the agency is “actively investigating” potential abuses of the platform.