WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are demanding information about the Trump administration's decision to strip 37 current and former national security officials of their security clearances, arguing that politics drove the revocations.

President Trump and Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, ordered the removal of the clearances, including those of at least three current officials at the CIA, National Security Agency and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The loss of their clearances forced them out of their jobs.

The House Democrats demanded information about the process that led to the revoking of the clearances. "It is imperative that Congress be satisfied that you are not politicizing the work of the intelligence community or using the

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