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Departure of Tulsi Gabbard ally deals further blow to strategic analysis at ODNI

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard at the White House in Washington DC, on 2 December 2025. © Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP

The chairman of the National Intelligence Council, whose views are aligned with those of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, has stepped down, making it the second time in less than a year that the intelligence community's highest analytical body is left without a leader. [...]

Published on 28/01/2026 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes Raphaël Ramos

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