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(DIR) Post #AupLuQdywcnFDCKDbM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-05T17:35:59Z
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#Gabbard placed top adviser inside the #ODNI’s watchdog office, officials say
Director of National Intelligence #TulsiGabbard installed one of her top advisors within the office of the #InspectorGeneral of the #intelligence community, compromising the #watchdog office’s integrity, officials & lawmakers say.#Trump #law #corruption https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/05/tulsi-gabbard-odni-watchdog-signalgate/
(DIR) Post #AupM6CQ3enPOZPQPFQ by funguy2playwith@mastodon.online
2025-06-05T17:38:15Z
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@Nonilex #WaPo #GiftedArticlehttps://wapo.st/4dUcEey
(DIR) Post #AupMEvVPuW9Eih5pD6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-05T17:39:52Z
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The adviser, Dennis Kirk, was placed within the #watchdog office on May 9, but reports to the #DNI, acc/to one of the officials….
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), the leading #House #Oversight #Democrat, sent a letter to Acting #Intelligence Community #InspectorGeneral Tamara A. Johnson Thurs, demanding information about the appointment of Kirk, who was an adviser in the Office of Personnel Management during #Trump’s first term & co-author of a #Project2025 chapter on the federal workforce.#law
(DIR) Post #AupMZV4bNgsKp2MQZE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-05T17:43:35Z
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…“The appointment of a highly partisan advocate for prioritizing personal loyalty to President #Trump above #independence & professionalism in the federal government—& one who apparently answers to #DNI #Gabbard rather than to you—in a senior role within [intelligence community IG’s office] raises troubling questions about the independence of the IC IG & whether there exists a need for #Congress to strengthen protections for the IC IG’s independence,” Lynch wrote to Johnson.#law #corruption
(DIR) Post #AupMnDgap6Jsx0flnE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-05T17:46:04Z
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The latest apparent political installation in the #intelligence community #InspectorGeneral’s office comes amid broader concerns about the #independence of government watchdogs. #Trump purged most inspectors general at Cabinet-level agencies in January, & in recent weeks has nominated 6 new inspectors general, including 3 with clearly #partisan backgrounds.#law #corruption #Project2025 #USpol
(DIR) Post #AupN16mjHHorbNAKOW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-06-05T17:48:35Z
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“Having a senior official placed in any #InspectorGeneral’s office who reports to the agency head, in this case #DNI, would undermine the entire construct of #independence that is integral to the IG’s #oversight mission,” said Mark Greenblatt, a former #Trump-appointed Interior Department inspector general & former chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity & Efficiency [#CIGIE].#law #corruption #Project2025 #USpol