Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard terminated over 100 federal intelligence officers across 15 agencies for engaging in explicit discussions on a secure government chat platform, revoking their security clearances and ending their careers.
Quick Takes
- Tulsi Gabbard has fired more than 100 intelligence community employees for participating in inappropriate chats about polyamory, gender surgeries, and politics on an NSA platform.
- The dismissed employees were from 15 different agencies and will have their security clearances revoked.
- Conservative activist Christopher Rufo first exposed the explicit chatrooms on the NSA’s “Intelink” messaging system.
- Gabbard described the behavior as “an egregious violation of trust” and contrary to basic professional standards.
- The terminations are part of a larger effort to restore public trust in intelligence institutions.
Mass Terminations Across Intelligence Agencies
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has fired more than 100 intelligence officers for misusing government communication systems. The terminations span 15 different intelligence agencies and involve employees who participated in explicit discussions on the National Security Agency’s messaging platform. The chat rooms, which were intended for professional communications, instead became forums for inappropriate conversations about gender reassignment surgery, artificial genitalia, hormone therapy, polyamory, and political topics including criticism of Gabbard herself. DNI spokesperson Alexa Henning has confirmed these planned terminations.
The communications platform at the center of the controversy is managed by the National Security Agency, with each agency maintaining its own internal chat tools. Conservative investigator Christopher Rufo first reported on these explicit chatrooms, providing transcripts obtained from an NSA employee and a former employee. The explicit nature of the conversations, which took place on government systems during work hours, represented a significant departure from the platform’s intended purpose of facilitating professional collaboration on intelligence matters.
LEAKED: NSA and CIA officials express their desire to have hermaphrodite babies in order to advance trans ideology. “An intersex birth would be a great opportunity to raise a kid as non-binary and let them choose later.”
The people who run the surveillance state are insane. pic.twitter.com/vW0Xi7UVOn
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) February 25, 2025
Gabbard Cites “Egregious Violation of Trust”
In explaining her decision to terminate the officers involved, Gabbard emphasized the severity of their violations and the breach of professional standards. “I put out a directive today that they all will be terminated and their security clearances will be revoked,” she told Fox News. The National Security Agency has also acknowledged awareness of the inappropriate discussions, stating that “IC collaboration platforms are intended to drive mission outcomes. Potential misuse of these platforms by a small group of individuals does not represent the community. Investigations to address this misuse of government systems are ongoing.”
The brazen nature of these communications on an official government platform appeared to particularly disturb intelligence leadership, with Gabbard noting that the participants showed little concern about potential consequences for their actions.
Part of Broader Reform Efforts
Gabbard has positioned these terminations as part of a larger initiative to restore public trust in intelligence community institutions. “So today’s action and holding these individuals accountable is just the beginning of what we’re seeing across the Trump administration, which is carrying out the mandate the American people gave him, clean house, root out that rot and corruption and weaponization and politicization,” she stated. The decision has drawn support from prominent figures including Elon Musk, who commented that a “MAJOR house cleaning needed” in response to the situation.
In a separate but related development, Gabbard and the CIA are currently involved in judicial proceedings concerning planned dismissals of intelligence officers involved in diversity programs. A federal judge has temporarily halted these dismissals, with affected officers requesting reassignment rather than termination. Their legal representatives argue that the planned firings violate due process regulations. A ruling on this separate case is expected soon, though it remains distinct from the terminations related to the explicit chatrooms.
