The director of national Intelligence accuses the officials, who served under Biden and Obama, of politicising intelligence for partisan or personal gain.

Gabbard has repeatedly alleged weaponization of the U.S. intelligence community, and last month the U.S. Department of Justice said it was forming a strike force to assess her claims.

National Director of Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said 37 current and former government officials are losing their security clearances.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard rebuffed a request for mercy from the NSA’s temporary leader, Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman, and proceeded with firing the agency’s chief data scientist, officials told The New York Times in a report published Wednesday.

In a sign of his value to President Trump, Central Intelligence Agency director John Ratcliffe is among the U.S. officials who will be in Alaska for Friday meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his delegation,