Gabbard to Cut Intel Office Staff by 40%

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced plans Wednesday to cut her agency’s workforce by up to 40% in the coming weeks — and eliminate several offices that “politicized” the flow of critical information.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence had been staffed by more than 1,800 employees when Gabbard was sworn in but is expected to retain just 1,300, while at least three offices deemed redundant will be shut down, according to senior officials.

Not all of that reduction in force will come from firings, with many employees shifted to other executive branch agencies.

The “core functions” of those offices — Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC), National Counterproliferation and Biosecurity Center and the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center — will be taken up either by ODNI’s Mission Integration office or the National Intelligence Council.

ODNI officials claimed in a briefing with reporters that the FMIC had eroded civil liberties and damaged Americans’ trust, particularly during the Biden administration — and even aided big tech platforms in moving to censor speech like The Post’s bombshell story on former first son Hunter Biden in October 2020.

Additionally, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has agreed to absorb the National Intelligence University into his department’s National Defense University for all intelligence-related programs and courses.

The overall initiative, branded “ODNI 2.0,” could save US taxpayers up to $700 million, the officials projected.

The announcement comes just two days after the spy boss revoked security clearances for 37 current and former intelligence professionals, most of whom are no longer serving in the federal government.