Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s bold move to release a less-redacted 2020 House report has ignited a firestorm among CIA officials, according to the Daily Caller.
Her decision, overriding agency objections, exposes the shaky foundation of the “Russia preferred Trump” narrative. It’s a rare moment of transparency that’s got the Deep State squirming.
In July 2025, Gabbard authorized the release of a House Intelligence Committee review of the 2016 election’s Russia probe, countering claims of Moscow’s favoritism toward Trump. The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, reported that this sparked panic among CIA officials fearing exposure of top-secret methods. Their concerns sound more like a cover for embarrassment than a genuine security threat.
The 2020 report revealed senior intelligence officials buried evidence that contradicted the Russia-Trump narrative. Its findings, now public, show the Intelligence Community Assessment relied on a single, flimsy sentence described as “scant, unclear, and unverifiable.” That’s hardly the smoking gun the left-leaning media hyped for years.
CIA officials, desperate to hide their missteps, pushed Gabbard for heavier redactions to the report. She refused, leveraging her superior declassification authority to bypass their demands. The bureaucrats’ plea for secrecy reeks of self-preservation, not national security.
President Trump, siding with Gabbard, approved the minimally redacted report without edits. The document underwent rigorous reviews by intelligence officials and ODNI lawyers before release. This wasn’t a reckless leak; it was a calculated blow to the Deep State’s narrative control.
The Washington Post’s article leaned heavily on unnamed sources—vague “people familiar with the matter” and “current and former officials.” Such anonymity raises red flags about their motives. Are these leakers protecting the public or their own tarnished reputations?
“CIA put forward their proposed redactions,” one source told The Post, as if their edits were sacred. Yet the same agency stays silent on its own leakers, who’ve fed dubious claims to the press for years. The ODNI’s past referrals of leakers to the DOJ suggest accountability is selective.
Gabbard’s release also uncovered prior leaks of “blatantly false intelligence” by Deep State officials to The Washington Post. One such leak falsely claimed the CIA had “concluded” Russia intervened to boost Trump. That narrative, now debunked, fueled years of divisive hysteria.
The Washington Post and The New York Times even snagged a 2018 Pulitzer for their Russia interference coverage. Trump’s 2022 defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer board called out their shoddy reporting. The irony of their “award-winning” fiction is almost too rich to stomach.
FBI Director Kash Patel, never one to mince words, hinted at further document releases to expose “who is lying.” His quip about not wanting to “deprive the fake news of more bogus Pulitzers” was a sharp jab at the media’s complicity. Patel’s defiance signals more truth bombs may be coming.
The CIA’s Liz Lyons praised the release, stating it “reflects Director Ratcliffe’s continued commitment to elevating the truth.” Her words, reported by the Daily Caller, underscore the intelligence community’s internal divide. Some still value transparency over narrative.
The 2020 report’s core finding—that evidence of Russia’s preference for Trump was weak—undermines years of media-driven outrage. The Intelligence Community Assessment’s reliance on a single, dubious fragment exposes the flimsiness of the Russiagate saga. It’s a scandal built on quicksand.
The Washington Post’s reliance on anonymous sources only deepens skepticism about its reporting. Their article reads like a desperate attempt to salvage a collapsing narrative. If the CIA’s so-called secrets were truly at risk, why the vague sourcing?
Gabbard’s declassification authority, unchallenged by other agencies, gave her the power to pull back the curtain. Her decision to prioritize truth over bureaucratic hand-wringing is a win for the American public. The Deep State’s panic only confirms they’ve got something to hide.
As Patel eyes more releases, the media and their leaker allies face a reckoning. The Russiagate house of cards is collapsing, and no amount of anonymous whining can prop it up. Gabbard’s move proves the MAGA ethos: truth over narrative, always.
