Gabbard accidentally outs undercover CIA agent in list of staff stripped of clearance

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accidentally revealed the identity of an undercover CIA operative in a list of 37 former and current intelligence officials who were stripped of their security clearances last week.

Gabbard revoked the clearances at the behest of President Donald Trump, claiming the affected officials politicized or weaponized intelligence to advance certain agendas. Many of the people on the list had either contributed to the Obama administration’s 2017 intelligence assessment that sought to tie Russia to Trump’s 2016 election victory or had signed a 2019 letter supporting Trump’s first impeachment inquiry in Congress.

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