ISLAMABAD: Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, announced that more than 100 employees from across the intelligence community had been fired for using a secure government chat system to engage in sexually explicit conversations.
In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday night, Gabbard condemned the actions as “an egregious violation of trust” and a breach of “basic rules and standards around professionalism.”
“I put out a directive today that they will all be terminated and their security clearances revoked,” Gabbard said.
Conservative activist Chris Rufo, writing for City Journal, was the first to report the news on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed that Gabbard had issued a memo ordering all intelligence agencies to identify employees involved in the “‘obscene, pornographic, and sexually explicit’ chatrooms” by Friday.
During her Fox News interview, Gabbard emphasized that the administration would continue its efforts to “clean house.”
In recent weeks, the office has also moved to fire employees overseeing diversity initiatives in the Biden administration. However, the effort has temporarily been paused as a federal judge reviews its legality.
