The Democratic Council Intel is launching the investigation of Trump to nullify security permits
On Monday, Democrats of the House of Representatives Intelligence committee launched an investigation into the Trump administration’s decision to cancel security permits 37 of 37 officials, and they interrogated the logical basis behind their insertion publicly.
Last month, the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard laid out permits from a number of current and former intelligence officials who have relationships with the Biden administration or spoke against Trump’s policies.
Gabbard, without evidence, accused those who are included in politicizing or leaking intelligence or “committing terrible violations of circulating standards.”
Deputy Jim Hems (D-Conn), the highest democratic democracy in the committee, asked the “specified evidence” behind both cancellation operations.
“If there is evidence of misconduct to justify the cancellation of the permits of these 37 individuals, some of whom are senior IC officers at the time of your note, this will indicate a systematic issue in granting security permits. It is difficult to imagine a more deserved problem and corrective in Congress.”
“However, if these cancellation occurs outside the applicable process and does not reflect the basic risks, you have lost a huge amount of knowledge and ability to IC.”
The letter noted that at least one of the list was serving a secret at the time of the announcement, and asked why the Gabbard’s office issued a public announcement about the matter.
Among the others in the list are those who told him from the main skills or work on the higher priorities of the intelligence community.
He wrote: “At least two of the individuals are currently working in the memo as employees in Congress, which raises the dangerous separation of the concern of powers.”
This includes a former employee of the National Security Council targeted by Laura Loomer, who worked for the then-intelligence committee, Adam Chef (D-Calif) during the first Trump isolation and who has since returned to his office.
The message requires Gabbard to detail whether the protocol has been followed, including whether those who lost their permits have been pre -warned, and if they had an opportunity to appeal the decision and whether their agencies have been consulted.
A source familiar with the office of the Director of National Intelligence said that the agencies were consulted and conflict that one of the officials who were canceled were canceled.
“The cost of security declaring is an honor, not really,” Gabbard said in August. “These are not really an honor. Those who are in the intelligence community who betrays their right on the constitution and put their own interests before the interests of the American people have broken the sacred confidence they promised to support.”
“When doing this, they undermine our national security, the safety and security of the American people and the basic principles of our Democratic Republic.”
