During an appearance on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Gabbard told viewers that Congress created the ODNI two decades ago after the intelligence failures of 9/11.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard plans to slash 40 percent of the agency’s staff by October in a move she said would help transform the head of the intelligence community into “ODNI 2.0.” Gabbard’s cuts would reassign roles or ...

ODNI was created to be a small oversight agency after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks exposed systemic intelligence and law enforcement failures. Over the years the agency ballooned to between 1,

Tulsi Gabbard informed her office Wednesday of a 40% reduction in personnel and the wholesale closure of centers she found had politicized intelligence as part of a sweeping overhaul of the top spy office.

After this reorganization wraps up at the end of fiscal 2025, ODNI will have about 1,300 staffers, down from roughly 1,800.

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 around 1,300 by Sept. 30, according to

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revokes clearances for former CIA, NSA and State Department officials accused of manipulating intelligence assessments.