Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard may have undermined the Trump administration ’s criminal investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan when she revoked the security clearances of current and former officials who could be called as potential witnesses in the case, two senior administration officials told NBC News.

Gabbard on Aug. 19 stripped the security clearances of 37 former and current intelligence and national security officials whom she accused of manipulating or leaking intelligence or other misconduct. But her office did not properly coordinate the move with other agencies, and the Justice Department was blindsided, according to the two officials.

Axios first reported on the issue.

Some of the people targeted by Gabbard worked in the Obama administration a

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