Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard rejected requests from officials at the Central Intelligence Agency and other intelligence bodies for extensive redactions to a newly declassified report that examines how the Obama administration handled allegations of collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia, according to reporting by the Washington Post. The intelligence agencies argued that larger portions of the material should be withheld on national-security grounds, but Gabbard overruled them, limiting the redactions before the files were released. The decision follows longstanding tensions over how much of the Trump–Russia probe records should be made public and reflects Gabbard’s stated push for greater transparency within the U.S. intelligence community.
BREAKING: DNI Tulsi Gabbard overrode officials from the CIA and other intelligence agencies that wanted to redact portions of Trump-Russia probe files, per WaPo.
BREAKING: DNI Tulsi Gabbard overrode officials from the CIA and other intelligence agencies that wanted a greater portion of Trump-Russia probe files redacted, per WaPo.
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