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 Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has been at the center of several significant developments in recent days. On May 21, she announced plans to reform the contracting process within the U.S. intelligence community, aiming to improve procurement procedures across agencies.

In a personnel move on the same day, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) appointed Doug Cossa as the intelligence community's chief information officer, strengthening the technical leadership within the organization.

Earlier this week, on May 19, Gabbard addressed the GEOINT Symposium 2025 in St. Louis, Missouri, where she emphasized the critical importance of geospatial intelligence to national security. In her remarks, she connected current intelligence practices to American military history, noting that specialized fields like geospatial intelligence have deep roots in the nation's strategic thinking.

In more controversial news, Gabbard recently fired the National Intelligence Council's top two officials—acting chair Mike Collins and deputy Maria Langan-Riekhof. This decision followed an intelligence report that contradicted Trump administration claims linking Venezuela's Maduro regime to the criminal gang Tren de Aragua. The administration has used such connections to justify deportations of undocumented immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Gabbard's deputy chief of staff, Alexa Henning, defended the dismissals by stating that "these Biden holdovers were dismissed because they politicized intelligence."

The ODNI also recently released its Annual Statistical Transparency Report regarding the intelligence community's use of national security surveillance authorities for calendar year 2024, providing public statistics on government surveillance activities.

During President Trump's first 100 days, Gabbard has made several significant policy changes, including eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at ODNI, which the administration claims saved taxpayers millions of dollars. She has also revoked security clearances for individuals accused of abusing public trust for political purposes and redirected intelligence community efforts toward identifying illegal immigrants with potential terror ties.

In March, Gabbard delivered testimony at a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing for the Annual Threat Assessment, where she outlined complex threats facing the United States from both non-state criminal groups and key nation states.

Adding to recent concerns, the ODNI's official website appears to have been taken down over the weekend of May 12, making previously available reports and information inaccessible. This comes after Gabbard and other intelligence officials were implicated earlier this year in an unintentional sharing of sensitive U.S. intelligence related to airstrikes in Yemen.
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