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DNI Tulsi Gabbard@DNIGabbard · Aug 20, 2025

🧵 Today I’m launching ODNI 2.0 – the first step toward bringing about transformational change that is based on…

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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is announcing major restructuring aimed at reducing the organization by over 40% and saving $700+ million annually. The initiative focuses on eliminating waste, rooting out what leadership characterizes as politicization and abuse of power within the intelligence community, and refocusing on core national security missions.

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    🧵 Today I’m launching ODNI 2.0 – the first step toward bringing about transformational change that is based on cutting bloated bureaucracy, rooting out deep state actors, and restoring mission focus. When implementation is complete, ODNI will be more agile, efficient, and effective, reducing our organization by more than 40%, saving taxpayers $700+ million per year.

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    ODNI was created 20 years ago because of the egregious intelligence failures of the Islamist terror attack on 9/11, to integrate and oversee the Intelligence Community and provide timely, accurate intelligence that protects national security. Two decades later, bloat and inefficiency are rampant across ODNI, and the Intelligence Community is rife with abuse of power, unauthorized intel leaks, and politicized weaponization of intelligence.

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    For too long, bad actors have exploited and politicized our Intelligence Community to drive agendas that put their own interests ahead of the interests of the American people. Today, we are announcing serious change to ensure the IC fulfills its responsibility to the American people and the U.S. Constitution.

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    We are eliminating wasteful spending to ensure ODNI is a responsible steward of American tax dollars, slashing redundant functions and inefficiency, and focusing on our core mission.

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    Bringing about transparency, accountability, and working to end the weaponization of intelligence is essential for the Intelligence Community to begin to earn the American people’s trust. We are eliminating elements that do not support our mission and have acted as hubs of politicization and pushing partisan priorities into what should be apolitical, unbiased intelligence products.

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    .@ODNIgov is also making critical investments in @POTUS's national intelligence priorities. Our National Counterterrorism Center is partnering with law enforcement to secure our borders and communities, and the National Counterintelligence and Security Center is focused on fulfilling the counterintelligence mission.

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    ODNI 2.0 is the start of a new era focused on serving our country, upholding the principles enshrined in our Constitution, working to end weaponization and politicization of intelligence, and refocusing on our core mission: ensuring the safety, security, and freedom of the American people. Read more about how we are building a more agile, efficient, and effective @ODNIgov. 🔗 odni.gov/index.php/news…