BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard terminates 37 security clearances for individuals relating to Russia hoax, ‘politicizing and manipulating intelligence’

An ODNI memo, dated Monday and first obtained by the New York Post, stated that "The President has directed that, effective immediately, the security clearances of the following 37 individuals are revoked." Among those who had their clearances stripped was a former top aide to Obama administration DNI James Clapper, Vinh Nguyen.

"Their access to classified systems, facilities, materials, and information is to be terminated forthwith. Any contracts or employment with the U.S. Government by these 37 individuals is hereby terminated. Any credentials held by these individuals must be surrendered to the appropriate security officers," the memo stated.

"It is the determination of this office that certain individuals have engaged in some or all of the following conduct undermining those standards, to include: politicization or weaponization of intelligence to advance personal, partisan, or non-objective agendas inconsistent with national security priorities; failure to safeguard classified information in accordance with applicable laws, reglations, and agency policies; failure to adhere to professional analytic tradecraft standards; and other conduct detrimental to the trust and confidence required for continued access to national security information."

Gabbard wrote in a statement, "Being entrusted with a security clearance is a privilege, not a right. Those in the Intelligence Community who betray their oath to the Constitution and put their own interests ahead of the interests of the American people have broken the sacred trust they promised to uphold. In doing so, they undermine our national security, the safety and security of the American people and the foundational principles of our democratic republic."

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