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Tulsi Gabbard to downsize national intelligence office, adding to broader offensive Donald Trump’s second term has clearly been challenging for U.S. intelligence agencies. It’s getting worse all the time.

Aug. 21, 2025, 12:54 PM EDT

By Steve Benen

Donald Trump’s second term has clearly been challenging for U.S. intelligence agencies. It was just a few months ago, for example, when the leaders of the National Intelligence Council were fired because they produced accurate information the president didn’t like.

That coincided with reports of a Trump appointee trying to politicize intelligence , the president’s reluctance to participate in intelligence briefings, and the White House’s recent decision to fire the leadership of the National Security Agency, a key int

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