Gabbard Moves Presidential Daily Intelligence Brief Staff From Cia To Odni

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard moved nan Presidential Daily Brief unit from nan CIA to nan Office of nan Director of National Intelligence, Fox News Digital confirmed. 

A elder intelligence root told Fox News Digital that nan director of National Intelligence "has ever controlled" nan statesmanlike regular little (PDB) and that Gabbard "is conscionable moving it physically to ODNI from CIA successful a streamlining effort and a continuity of workforce." 

The President’s Daily Brief (PDB), according to nan intelligence community, is simply a regular summary of high-level, all-source accusation and study connected nationalist information issues produced for nan president and cardinal furniture members and advisers. It is coordinated and delivered by nan ODNI pinch contributions from nan CIA arsenic good arsenic different elements from nan intelligence community. It has been presented to nan president since 1946.

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The move comes aft Gabbard, connected Tuesday, besides moved nan National Intelligence Council from nan CIA to ODNI. NIC, according to elder intelligence officials, has ever been a DNI component." 

"It makes consciousness for them to beryllium physically located astatine DNI," a CIA charismatic told Fox News Digital. 

Another elder intelligence charismatic pointed to Gabbard’s confirmation hearing, successful which she said her "priority was to present timely, meticulous and actionable intelligence arsenic nan President’s main intelligence advisor." 

"The PDB unit and nan NIC are nan superior servants of nan state that feeds her this advisory material, truthful moving them physically person gives her nan champion support," nan charismatic said. "In different words, having them successful person proximity gives her little lag clip and faster responsiveness to capable that domiciled arsenic main intelligence advisor." 

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The charismatic added: "Both moves are astir providing nan President much timely and actionable intelligence." 

The moves travel arsenic Gabbard has taken steps to guidelines retired leakers and alleged "deep authorities holdovers" who officials opportunity are politicizing intelligence study and "trying to sabotage President Trump’s agenda." 

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So far, Gabbard has referred 3 intelligence organization professionals to nan Department of Justice for criminal prosecution complete alleged leaks of classified information. Fox News Digital first reported connected those criminal referrals successful April. 

An ODNI charismatic astatine that clip told Fox News Digital that nan intelligence organization professionals allegedly leaked classified accusation to nan Washington Post and The New York Times. 

Fox News Digital, connected Tuesday, exclusively reported that Gabbard had fired nan apical officials starring National Intelligence Council, whom whistleblowers described arsenic "radically opposed to Trump."

Gabbard fired Mike Collins, who was serving arsenic nan acting chair of nan National Intelligence Council, and his deputy, Maria Langan-Riekhof, Tuesday, elder intelligence officials told Fox News Digital.

Fox News Digital reached retired Langan-Riekhof for remark and did not instantly perceive back, and couldn't instantly find interaction accusation for Collins. 

Collins besides has whistleblower complaints against him for governmental bias and "deliberately undermining nan incoming Trump administration," officials said. 

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They added that Collins was intimately associated pinch Michael Morrell, nan erstwhile lawman head of the CIA who worked to constitute a nationalist missive successful 2020 claiming that Hunter Biden's laptop had "all nan classical earmarks of a Russian accusation operation," and to get signatures from apical ex-intelligence officials. 

As for Langan-Reikhof, officials said she has been a "key advocate" for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and is personification who whistleblowers allege is "radically opposed to Trump."