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The New MAGA Turf War Over National Intelligence
- A MAGA-driven dispute over reducing and restructuring the leadership body that oversees U.S. intelligence agencies is influencing intelligence reform efforts in 2025.
- This dispute stems from longstanding concerns about ODNI's bloated bureaucracy and unclear authority since its 2004 creation after the 9/11 attacks exposed intelligence failures.
- Director Tulsi Gabbard has cut ODNI’s workforce by roughly 25% and plans more reforms amid debates on whether the agency or CIA should control key intelligence missions.
- Senator Tom Cotton introduced legislation to cap ODNI staff at 650 and eliminate some agencies, promising reforms while critics warn it would give CIA more power and worsen security.
- The outcome will impact intelligence power balances and congressional responsibilities, with failure to reshape the ODNI risking deeper partisan conflicts for future Republican presidents.
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Senate Republicans look to limit the size of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Senate Republicans want to limit the size of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. A new bill led by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton would cap ODNI at 650 full-time staff. ODNI started out the year with roughly 1800 employees. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she has already reduced ODNI’s staff by roughly 25% since then. Cotton’s legislation would deepen the cuts by eliminating several ODNI o…
Tom Cotton’s problematic intelligence community bill - Washington Examiner
Fundamentally reforming the intelligence community is an urgent task for the second Trump administration. If the White House fails to reshape U.S. intelligence, any future Republican president will confront even worse partisan harassment than President Donald Trump faced from the “deep state” during his first term. Such root-and-branch reforms cannot originate with the executive branch. Besides, that’s a dead letter since Director of National In…
The New MAGA Turf War Over National Intelligence - Nemos News Network
Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, The war over what America First means will soon move to a new theater: a battle over the fate of the Office of Director of National Intelligence. Overseeing all 18 of the U.S. intelligence agencies, the office was created in the wake of 9/11 to serve as a sort […]
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