The Trump administration has significantly expanded its intelligence presence in Cuba in recent months, according to people familiar with the plans, as Washington intensifies pressure on Havana&#8217;s communist regime and prepares for a wider range of potential operations.  
Two people familiar with the administration’s efforts told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/04/us-sends-more-intel-assets-to-cuba-01023267">Politico</a> that the United States has increased intelligence assets on the island. One described the move as a significant expansion of the CIA’s presence, while another said the intelligence buildup could serve as a critical step for future operations against the Cuban government.
The sources cautioned that military action remains far from certain. Expanded intelligence collection can support a wide range of operations, including diplomatic pressure, counterintelligence, recruiting sources inside foreign governments, and preparation for possible military contingencies.
The increased intelligence activity comes as the administration has made Cuba a central target of its broader effort to confront hostile governments in the Western Hemisphere, arguing that the communist regime poses a national security threat just 90 miles from American shores.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose family fled Cuba after Fidel Castro’s revolution, has made confronting the Cuban regime one of the defining priorities of his foreign policy agenda. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rubio-reveals-how-cuba-is-trying-to-undermine-america?author=Drew+Berkemeyer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Rubio+Reveals+How+Cuba+Is+Trying+To+Undermine+America">In July</a>, the State Department released a 99-page report accusing Havana of decades of espionage, ideological influence operations, and support for revolutionary movements around the world.
“For more than six decades, the Cuban regime has been the leading sponsor of radical leftism and Third Worldism in the United States,” Rubio wrote following the report’s release.
The report argued that Cuba’s greatest strategic success has not been military power but its ability to export revolutionary ideology, conduct espionage, and cultivate influence networks inside the United States and abroad.
The administration has repeatedly framed Cuba as a growing national security concern because of its relationships with Russia, China, and Iran.
During a House budget hearing in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hegseth-says-cuba-poses-a-national-security-threat-as-tensions-rise?author=Drew+Berkemeyer&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Hegseth+Says+Cuba+Poses+A+National+Security+Threat+As+Tensions+Rise">May</a>, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told lawmakers that he considers the Cuban regime a threat to the United States after Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) questioned him about Havana’s relationships with America&#8217;s foreign adversaries.
“I do,” Hegseth said when asked whether he believes Cuba poses a national security threat. 
One administration official described Cuba as a major priority for Rubio, who believes Washington has run out of patience with a regime that has resisted years of diplomatic engagement and economic pressure.
The Trump administration has already increased pressure on Havana through renewed sanctions and an energy blockade that has contributed to widespread blackouts across the island. 
Officials have also intensified public messaging against the regime. The State Department’s recent report accused Havana of serving as a hub for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian intelligence activity while maintaining its own espionage networks against the United States.
Although U.S. intelligence agencies have long operated in Cuba, as they do throughout the world, rebuilding capabilities on the island would provide the United States with greater visibility and leverage in the Cuban government’s military, intelligence services, and relationships with foreign powers.
Whether that pressure results in negotiations, internal political change, or a broader confrontation remains unclear. But the expansion of U.S. intelligence activity suggests Washington is preparing for a wider range of possibilities than traditional diplomacy alone.

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A Tuesday hearing on UFOs falls in the shadow of the blockbuster testimony delivered in July 2023 by whistleblower David Grusch.
Grusch claimed that, according to numerous sources he interviewed, both the U.S. government and private aerospace firms are in possession of exotic craft and materials. These public and private entities have even recovered “biologics,” non-human organisms, according to Grusch.
The September 9 <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/restoring-public-trust-through-uap-transparency-and-whistleblower-protection/">congressional hearing</a> on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena — more commonly known as UFOs — is titled “Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection.”
Ahead of the event, The Daily Wire spoke with Congressman Eric Burlison, a Republican representing Missouri’s 7th Congressional District, who has emerged as a key figure in the House’s disclosure efforts.
When asked what this hearing could achieve, Burlison shared that at least two witnesses have had firsthand encounters, marking a departure from previous hearings where the most sensational claims were based on secondhand accounts.
The witnesses, identified by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, include U.S. Air Force veterans Jeffrey Nuccetelli and Dylan Borland, Chief Alexandro Wiggins, and investigative journalist George Knapp.
While none of the witnesses are believed to have worked directly for “The Program” — a term referring to alleged Special Access Programs handling recovered exotic materials — Burlison said he is actively seeking individuals who have. He noted, however, that some potential witnesses are fearful about coming forward publicly.
Although Burlison has not faced direct threats or intimidation from lawmakers or members of the Intelligence Community, he said he has been cautioned by allies regarding &#8220;specific people to watch out for.&#8221;
Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, another key figure in the disclosure movement, recently introduced the UAP Whistleblower Protection Act (<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5060/text?s=1&amp;r=4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">H.R. 5060</a>). The bill aims to “provide whistleblower protections to Federal personnel for disclosing the use of Federal taxpayer funds to evaluate or research unidentified anomalous phenomenon material, and for other purposes.”
Burlison noted that the bill is part of a broader effort being made to “grant amnesty to people who are willing to come forward just so long as they&#8217;re speaking the truth,” which would “create an atmosphere that provides safety.”
“Because, from what I&#8217;ve heard, some of the reasons why people are not willing to come forward is because they would be admitting to criminal activity,” Burlison said.
Beyond the hearing itself, Burlison emphasized the importance of a series of official letters being prepared with the assistance of David Grusch &#8212; who now works for the congressman. These interrogatory letters, which carry “significant weight,” will be sent to “different entities to get further information.”
“I want people to know, regardless of how the hearing goes, to me, the most important thing that&#8217;s going to come out of it is the interrogatory letters that we will be dropping at the time of the hearing.”
The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, September 9, and will be livestreamed on YouTube.

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On Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made the claim that Barack Obama committed an act of treason back in 2017 at the tail end of his presidency, just before the very beginning of President Trump&#8217;s first term.
She has now declassified documents that she claims prove intelligence officials in the Obama administration lied about Russia&#8217;s efforts to influence the 2016 election. She is claiming that the intelligence community assessment that was eventually released at the beginning of 2017, just before Donald Trump took office, was doctored in order to reach the conclusion (among others) that not only did the Russians interfere in the election, but the Russians did so in order to get Donald Trump elected.
She said Obama&#8217;s intelligence community created an intelligence assessment that they knew was false, saying, “There is irrefutable evidence that details how President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment that they knew was false. They knew it would promote this contrived narrative that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help President Trump, when selling it to the American people, as though it were true. It wasn&#8217;t.”
She says that she is now going to refer Barack Obama and others in the administration for criminal investigation by the DOJ.  She added that Barack Obama might be guilty of treason, which is a specific statutory charge.
This much is certainly true: the Obama administration clearly meant to undermine the incoming Trump administration through rumor, innuendo, and nonsense compiled into an intelligence community assessment about Russia and Trump, laying the predicate for four long years of Mueller&#8217;s investigatory trash. Tulsi Gabbard going after Barack Obama on a moral level is absolutely justified. On a legal level, it does create the necessity to actually do something that I don&#8217;t think is going to be actually fulfilled: it puts more pressure on the Attorney General to do something that she is almost certainly incapable of doing legally.
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The most shocking part of what Gabbard released yesterday is a House Intelligence Committee report that says the Russians clearly had negative information on Hillary Clinton that they did not drop during the 2016 election cycle, which undermines the oft-stated claim that they wanted Trump to win. If they wanted Trump to win, in the last days of the election, when Trump was narrowing the gap, they should have dropped all of the dirt they supposedly had. 
Kimberley Strassel over at The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-russia-collusion-and-clinton-reckoning-a36909d8?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=ASWzDAid75p77K3NMhCFIHVbpJOt0kGgVlBlJCgMMHkUAU3lxR6wcKb1YnJkFmrIRFA%3D&amp;gaa_ts=68829d4e&amp;gaa_sig=CutcMRfcVkA6oL9l013Fy6n-zYX85kMJH_vKKGG1YCp5k8_cvSA20AhqanWcvOiUGHHB5p5BDdYUE2akq8lGxQ%3D%3D">wrote</a>:
<blockquote>By Dec. 8, 2016, the intel community had compiled a seven-page President’s Daily Brief draft on what “cyber” activities it had found during the election. The PBD cited the intelligence community’s “low-to-moderate-confidence” assessment that Russia was involved in the compromise of an inadequately protected Illinois voter registration database (and attempts on other states&#8230;The draft was scheduled to be published the next day. 
The next day, Dec. 9, the Obama White House gathered together its national-security principals to talk about a “sensitive topic,” including former DNI James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan (who had been <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/brennan-and-the-2016-spy-scandal-1532039346?mod=article_inline">spinning up</a> a Russia-collusion narrative since July), FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and others.
After the meeting, Mr. Clapper’s assistant sent out an email entitled “POTUS Tasking on Russia Election Meddling,” asking DNI officials to create an “assessment per the President’s request.” </blockquote>
That was unusual. Usually, the way you do intelligence assessments is to look at the available intelligence and then the intelligence community filters it, double-checks it, and creates an assessment. You don&#8217;t have the president say, “I want you to reassess the information that you&#8217;ve already put into this intelligence assessment.” 
From there, wrote Strassel, “It was a straight shot to the new and inflammatory January 6th intelligence community assessment. The new ICA baldly blared: ‘We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. We have high confidence in these judgements.’”
The assessment from January 6 suggested that the Russians interfered to help Trump and to hurt Clinton. And that, of course, was the line retailed for the next several years and even up till today by Democrats. But it is not true according to this House intelligence report.
There was not strong enough intelligence to suggest that the Russians preferred Trump to Clinton, and that&#8217;s why the Obama team was doing what they were doing, as opposed to just screwing around with our elections, which is something they&#8217;ve been doing since the days of the Soviet Union.
All of this should see the light of day, of course. Much of it was already known. Russiagate is one of the worst scandals in American history, because having an administration and a deep state dedicated to undermining the president of the United States for four years is insane.
It is fully justified and necessary for people like Gabbard to expose all of this. The problem comes when you oversell, because once you oversell, you end up putting your own administration in a bad position, because people want actual prosecutions.
When you oversell, you end up under-delivering. And when you under-deliver, people get very, very angry.

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents Friday revealing that the Obama administration changed intelligence assessments after the 2016 election to create a narrative of Russian interference, despite earlier intelligence community findings that Russia &#8220;did not impact&#8221; the election through cyber activities.
The intelligence community concluded before the election that Russia was &#8220;probably not trying … to influence the election by using cyber means,&#8221; according to the declassified records <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-admin-manufactured-intelligence-create-2016-russian-election-interference-narrative-documents-show">obtained</a> by Fox News. However, following Trump’s unexpected victory over Hillary Clinton, their tone appeared to have changed.
“On Dec 8, 2016, IC officials prepared an assessment for the President&#8217;s Daily Brief, finding that Russia ‘did not impact recent U.S. election results’ by conducting cyber attacks on infrastructure,” Gabbard wrote in a thread on X. “Before it could reach the President, it was abruptly pulled ‘based on new guidance.’ This key intelligence assessment was never published.”
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🧵 Americans will finally learn the truth about how in 2016, intelligence was politicized and weaponized by the most powerful people in the Obama Administration to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup against President <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>, subverting the… <a href="https://t.co/UQKKZ5c4Op">pic.twitter.com/UQKKZ5c4Op</a>
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The presidential brief prepared for President Obama on December 8, 2016, stated: &#8220;We assess that Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure,” noting that any Russian activities &#8220;probably were intended to cause psychological effects, such as undermining the credibility of the election process and candidates.&#8221;
The brief concluded that it was &#8220;highly unlikely&#8221; Russian interference &#8220;would have resulted in altering any state’s official vote result.&#8221;
&#8220;Criminal activity also failed to reach the scale and sophistication necessary to change election outcomes,&#8221; it stated.
The FBI raised immediate objections to the brief and requested that its publication be delayed until the bureau could address its concerns. Under then-Director James Comey, the FBI drafted a formal &#8220;dissent&#8221; to the original briefing.
Subsequently, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence postponed internal publication of the Presidential Daily Brief, citing &#8220;new guidance&#8221; as the reason for the delay.
Just one day later, on December 9, a meeting was called in the White House Situation Room to discuss Russian election interference with top officials, including then-CIA Director John Brennan, then-National Security Advisor Susan Rice, then-Secretary of State John Kerry, and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Following this meeting, then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper threw out the old analysis and tasked intelligence leaders with crafting a new assessment &#8220;per the president&#8217;s request,&#8221; detailing &#8220;tools Moscow used and actions it took to influence the 2016 election.&#8221;
Gabbard revealed: “According to whistleblower emails shared with us today, we know Clapper and Brennan used the baseless discredited Steele Dossier as a source to push this false narrative in the intelligence assessment.”
Intelligence sources told Fox News the new report “was based on information that was known by those involved to be manufactured i.e. the Steele Dossier or deemed as not credible,&#8221; and the CIA had previously dismissed it as filled with &#8220;internet rumor[s].&#8221;
By January 6, 2017, a new Intelligence Community Assessment was released that &#8220;directly contradicted the IC assessments that were made throughout the previous six months,&#8221; the ODNI office told Fox News.
Intelligence officials told Fox News they consider the assessment to have been blatantly &#8220;politicized&#8221; after it &#8220;suppressed intelligence from before and after the election showing Russia lacked intent and capability to hack the 2016 election.&#8221;
&#8220;The information we are releasing today clearly shows there was a treasonous conspiracy in 2016 committed by officials at the highest level of our government,&#8221; Gabbard told Fox News. &#8220;Their goal was to subvert the will of the American people and enact what was essentially a years-long coup with the objective of trying to usurp the President from fulfilling the mandate bestowed upon him by the American people.&#8221;
&#8220;No matter how powerful, every person involved in this conspiracy must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, to ensure nothing like this ever happens again,&#8221; Gabbard said. &#8220;The American people’s faith and trust in our democratic republic and therefore the future of our nation depends on it.&#8221;
Gabbard concluded: &#8220;As such, I am providing all documents to the Department of Justice to deliver the accountability that President Trump, his family, and the American people deserve.&#8221;

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On Tuesday, the House of Representatives convened a Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security hearing entitled, “Beijing’s Air, Space, and Maritime Surveillance from Cuba: A Growing Threat to the Homeland.”
In June 2023, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/cuba-to-host-secret-chinese-spy-base-focusing-on-u-s-b2fed0e0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, “China and Cuba have reached a secret agreement for China to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island.” The facility would reportedly enable Chinese intelligence services to monitor electronic communications on the American mainland.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, stated:
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Mounting evidence suggests that the Chinese Communist Party is expanding its strategic partnership with the totalitarian communist regime in Cuba to build advanced surveillance infrastructure capable of targeting the United States. This collaboration represents one of the most brazen intelligence operations ever attempted near the American mainland, and places our military operations, commercial activity, and communications squarely in the crosshairs of a hostile foreign power.
Recent satellite imagery and open-source analysis suggest the presence of several Chinese-funded signals intelligence facilities across Cuba. The possibility that these sites are capable of monitoring U.S. military operations, commercial shipping, space launches and sensitive communications is deeply troubling.
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“A mere 90 miles off our shores, the United States’ most formidable 21st century competitor, the People’s Republic of China, has found fertile soil to deploy its arsenal of espionage, digital surveillance, and maritime competition,” Dr. Ryan C. Berg, the director of Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the subcommittee. “When Soviet influence diminished on the island following the end of the Cold War, eyes, ears, and antennas stayed. In many ways, China filled the void.”
“CSI has positively identified about four specific facilities as highly likely sites supporting Chinese intelligence operations targeting the U.S. &#8230; As you can see &#8230; our adversaries are at our doorstep,” he declared.
“We should not be funding a regime that turns around and opens its doors to our greatest adversaries,” Gimenez said. “If reports of rising Chinese activity in Cuba are accurate, then this is no longer just a diplomatic issue. It is a direct security risk to the American people.”
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On Wednesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that she recommended charges related to a pair of leaks.
&#8220;Politicization of our intelligence and leaking classified information puts our nation’s security at risk and must end. Those who leak classified information will be found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,&#8221; Gabbard <a href="https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/1915150870255210774" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X.
&#8220;Today, I referred two intelligence community LEAKS to the Department of Justice for criminal referral, with a third criminal referral on its way, which includes the recent illegal leak to the Washington Post,&#8221; she added.
Gabbard was alluding to a disclosure on Iran and Israel to The Washington Post, which she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gabbard-aggressively-pursuing-intel-community-leaks-to-legacy-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referenced</a> in March when announcing her inquiry into various leaks to the media.
The post did not disclose any further information, including who may have been the subject of the referrals. It remains to been seen whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its FBI look into the matter and decide whether charges are warranted.
&#8220;These deep-state criminals leaked classified information for partisan political purposes to undermine POTUS’ agenda. I look forward to working with [the DOJ] and [the FBI] to investigate, terminate and prosecute these criminals,&#8221; Gabbard concluded.
A combat veteran and former House lawmaker from Hawaii, Gabbard was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-confirms-tulsi-gabbard-as-director-of-national-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> by GOP-led Senate to become the director of national intelligence in President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration in mid-February via a 52-48 vote.
One month later, Gabbard vowed to track down leakers within the vast U.S. Intelligence Community, which has 18 <a href="https://www.dni.gov/index.php/what-we-do/members-of-the-ic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">members</a> that include the CIA, National Security Agency, military branches, and the FBI.
&#8220;Our nation’s Intelligence Community must be focused on our national security mission. Politically motivated leaks undermine our national security and the trust of the American people, and will not be tolerated,&#8221; Gabbard <a href="https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/1900525561786646903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time in a threat posted to X.
&#8220;Unfortunately, such leaks have become commonplace with no investigation or accountability. That ends now. We know of and are aggressively pursuing recent leakers from within the Intelligence Community and will hold them accountable,&#8221; she continued.
Gabbard then listed some &#8220;recent examples of unauthorized leaks&#8221; within the Intelligence Community that resulted in disclosures to The Washington Post, HuffPost, and The Record. She also mentioned a &#8220;leaker within the IC sharing information about the U.S. &#8211; Russia relationship with NBC.&#8221;
She concluded that X thread by saying: &#8220;Any unauthorized release of classified information is a violation of the law and will be treated as such.&#8221;
The probe was announced before The Atlantic&#8217;s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg first reported that he gained access to a Signal group chat group in which leading Trump administration officials discussed plans for airstrikes on Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
In the ensuing fallout, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz took responsibility for the breach, which has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-damn-dangerous-signal-chat-breach-linked-to-automated-suggestion-feature-on-iphone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">linked</a> to the “automated suggestion” feature on his iPhone. But the Trump administration denied there was classified information in the conversation and the president has stood by Waltz.

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According to reporting by Chris Rufo and Hannah Grossman at City Journal, employees of the National Security Agency and other Intelligence agencies have been gathering on a work-related chatroom to discuss their transgender surgeries and kinky sex preferences.
Now I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking: Wow! That’s a relief! Here I was worried about the growing threat from China, an imperialist genocidal slave state that’s not only outstripping our military in preparation to destroy us at war, but has already infiltrated our society through congress, universities, corporations, Hollywood, and the news media in order to influence our politics, steal our technology and silence critics of their evil regime.
But why worry? The brave men and women of our Intelligence Community have been on the job — along with the brave men in our Intelligence Community who think they&#8217;re brave women and the brave women who identify as brave men, and the brave non-binaries who identify as brave lesbians so they can have sex with other brave lesbians because essentially they’re really just brave men who happen to want to wear glittery mascara for some reason — but anyway the point is that all these brave mentally ill perverts of the Intelligence Community are hard at work responding to the insidious Chinese penetration of our society by going on a chat site to discuss how to turn their penises into fake vaginas so they can enjoy some insidious penetration as well.
So sure, it is true that the Chinese Navy is growing by leaps and bounds while our Navy dwindles to nothing and that one Chinese shipyard can produce more vessels than all American shipyards combined, but at least we can feel confident that somewhere, an NSA employee is online chatting about how cool Xi Jinping is because he is called “she” and so is he… called she… if you see what I mean.
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And okay, American news outlets like CBS, NBC, ABC and CNN are likely suppressing critical information about China because they’re all owned by entertainment conglomerates that have already proven themselves willing to crawl through the dirt like spineless centipedes to protect their profits by censoring content at the behest of Chinese tyrants. But at least our American Intelligence agents are sharing critical information like how to create an SM dungeon in your own basement so Chinese political dissidents won&#8217;t be the only ones to enjoy getting tortured.
And yes, Xi Jinping has declared that his international enemies will: “Have their heads bashed bloody against a Great Wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese People.” But those who guard our nation secretly have answered that declaration by themselves declaring that if you take enough estrogen to grow breasts, you can stay home and fondle yourself and cut out the middle man.
Don’t get me wrong. The Intelligence Community has been shown to spy on Americans’ private phone and email communications, so I wouldn’t want to insult any of them by calling them a bunch of delusion-riddled deviants who would be more usefully employed shuffling up and down the hall of a secure psych ward with their bleached asses hanging out the back of their half-open hospital gowns, than being tasked with anything as urgent as foiling the Chinese in their long term plan to exterminate American freedom as they’ve exterminated Uigurs, Tibetans, Christians and the Falun Gong. And given the power of Chinese-influencers to destroy my career, my reputation and my life by mobilizing the American politicians and corporations that have sold their souls to this hostile foreign power for a few pocketsful of gold, I would never ever want to suggest that the bizarre proliferation of delusion-riddled deviants in our Intelligence Community is in any way connected to Chinese operations like TikTok, where millions of American young people are unwittingly guided to videos encouraging them to become delusion-riddled deviants like the useless clowns at the NSA.
So if I’ve offended the Intelligence Community or the transgender community or our dear friends the Chinese, I just want to say I’m han han han han so sorry because it’s han han han han han so important that all of us can be free to be ourselves until none of us is free at all.
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This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>.”
Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. He is the bestselling author of the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The fourth installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613165536?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_thcv_3&amp;storeType=ebooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A WOMAN UNDERGROUND</a>,” is now available. Follow him on X: @andrewklavan
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A U.S. service member and several defense contractors were killed when a flight that was contracted by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Defense</a> crashed on Thursday in Asia.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said that the crash happened in the Philippine Province of Maguindanao del Sur.
&#8220;The aircraft was providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies,&#8221; INDOPACOM said in a statement. &#8220;The incident occurred during a routine mission in support of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation activities.&#8221;
&#8220;We can confirm no survivors of the crash,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;There were four personnel on board, including one U.S. military service member and three defense contractors. The names of the crew are being withheld pending next of kin notification.&#8221;
The military said that an investigation has already been launched into the cause of the accident and that updates will be released as they become available.
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The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said that the plane that crashed was a smaller aircraft.
Officials in the area were notified of the crash after receiving reports that residents saw &#8220;smoke coming from the plane and heard an explosion before the aircraft plummeted to the ground less than a kilometer (about half a mile) from a cluster of farmhouses,&#8221; the Associated Press reported.
The U.S. military has been deployed in the Philippines for decades to help the Philippine military combat Islamic terrorists who are members of ISIS.

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House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) removed House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) from his role on Wednesday just several days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Johnson told reporters that he made the decision because it was a new Congress and Republicans needed some &#8220;fresh horses in some of these places, but I&#8217;m a Mike Turner fan.&#8221;
&#8220;He&#8217;s done a great job. He performed valiantly in a difficult time under difficult circumstances,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;So I have nothing but positive things to say about my friend.&#8221;
When asked if Trump had any role in the decision, Johnson said that it was not Trump&#8217;s decision, it was his.
&#8220;This is a House decision. This is no slight whatsoever to our outgoing chairman,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He did a great job, but we just, the intelligence community and everything related to HPSCI, it needs a fresh start and that&#8217;s what this is about, nothing else. So I have nothing negative say about Mike Turner at all. He&#8217;s a good man, a good colleague. I respect his work.&#8221;
He added that Turner would continue to be his appointee for everything involving NATO.
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Turner released a statement following the announcement in which he said that he was &#8220;very proud to have served on the House Intelligence Committee and as its chairman.&#8221;
&#8220;There are great members on the Committee, and I’m honored to have served with them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Under my leadership, we restored the integrity of the Committee and returned its mission to its core focus of national security. The threat from our adversaries is real and requires serious deliberations.&#8221;
&#8220;As a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, I have been and will continue to be a strong advocate for the military and our national defense,&#8221; he added. &#8220;My work to expand missions and capabilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base continues. Furthermore, I look forward to welcoming the NATO Parliamentary Assembly to Dayton in the coming months.&#8221;
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I’m very proud to have served on the House Intelligence Committee and as its chairman. There are great members on the Committee, and I’m honored to have served with them.
Under my leadership, we restored the integrity of the Committee and returned its mission to its core focus…
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The National Sheriff’s Association urged the Senate on Monday to quickly confirm <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tulsi-gabbard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tulsi Gabbard</a> as Director of National Intelligence, saying she had the organization’s complete endorsement.  
In a <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/National-Sheriffs-Letter-Endorsing-Tulsi-Gabbard.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), National Sheriff’s Association President Kieran Donahue, a sheriff from Idaho, wrote that the Senate should “expeditiously” move to confirm Gabbard, saying her confirmation was needed to increase trust between local law enforcement and the intelligence community. The association represents more than 3,000 sheriffs across the country. 
“Ms. Gabbard has demonstrated a commitment to addressing the critical disconnect between our intelligence agencies and local law enforcement in preparing for sophisticated and pervasive threats,” Donahue wrote to Cotton, who heads up the Select Committee on Intelligence. 
He wrote that the need for cooperation was on display when sheriffs in Texas and Georgia played a significant role in the investigation into the New Orleans terror attack that left 14 people dead. 
“The recent terror attack on New Orleans serves as a stark reminder of the need for seamless coordination. In the immediate aftermath of the attack, actionable leads provided by Sheriffs in Harris County, Texas, and Fulton County, Georgia, proved instrumental,” Donahue said. “These events, like the attacks of 9/11, underscore the urgent need for local law enforcement to have a seat at the table during strategic planning discussions. Ms. Gabbard has pledged to make this a priority.&#8221;
The Idaho sheriff also said Gabbard’s previous government experience and leadership in the U.S. Army Reserve made “her uniquely qualified for this critical role. Her proven ability to lead and her deep understanding of national security threats have earned the confidence and respect of Sheriffs across the country.”
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Hearings for several of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks will begin this week, starting with Pete Hegseth&#8217;s meeting with the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday morning. Gabbard’s hearing has not yet been scheduled but could be set for sometime next week. 
Gabbard <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-barrasso-republican-senate-whip-tulsi-gabbard-confirmation-hearing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CBS News on Monday that she is &#8220;focused on continuing to meet with senators as we continue to go through this process” and working “closely” with Cotton to get a hearing scheduled. 
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), the Senate majority whip, told CBS that he expected GOP support.
&#8220;She continues to have promotions in the military. She&#8217;s a lieutenant colonel. She now has top level security clearances,&#8221; Barrasso said. &#8220;She&#8217;s the right person to keep America secure and safe.&#8221;

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The top Democrat on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Intelligence Committee said on Sunday he could promise that mysterious <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">drone</a> sightings over the United States over the past month are not a sign of an coming attack like the strike on Pearl Harbor during World War II.
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) told Fox News anchor Jacqui Heinrich, who was sitting in for Shannon Bream on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; that U.S. citizens should be &#8220;sober&#8221; about the situation and &#8220;not start worrying about Iranian &#8220;motherships&#8221; or Martians landing.
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One of his colleagues, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-congressman-sources-claim-mystery-drones-over-new-jersey-come-from-mothership-sent-by-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed</a> last week that &#8220;qualified sources&#8221; told him drones were coming from an Iranian &#8220;mothership&#8221; off the East Coast. However, the Pentagon and White House have insisted they have no proof of a foreign link.
Heinrich pressed Himes on whether he was concerned this could be &#8220;a Pearl Harbor moment, like with the Japanese submarines surveilling in the waters off Hawaii in the months leading up to the attack,&#8221; and whether a &#8220;state actor&#8221; is &#8220;preparing for some kind of an event in the future.&#8221;
&#8220;No, it&#8217;s not,&#8221; Himes said. &#8220;And frankly, Jacqui, we shouldn&#8217;t — look, our adversaries that will — that would wish us harm, you know, have billion-dollar satellites over our heads right now that are capable of, you know, doing what we do to them, which is observing.&#8221;
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Himes said U.S. adversaries would not put their technology over a place like Newark, New Jersey, where it could fall out of the sky and be captured. He also noted that &#8220;it was not happy for the Chinese&#8221; when the U.S. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-spy-chief-responds-to-balloon-controversy-were-going-to-see-more-of-this" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot down their spy balloon</a> early last year.
&#8220;So no, I really don&#8217;t. I mean, there&#8217;s lots of things to worry about. Don&#8217;t get me wrong. And we worry about Iran. We worry about China. But no, they are not going to launch an attack on Pearl Harbor that is preceded by drones,&#8221; Himes said.
&#8220;Now, does that mean that they&#8217;re not going to use it to try to spy on our sensitive facilities? Of course, they might,&#8221; the congressman added. &#8220;But no, this is not the predecessor for an attack on the American homeland. I can promise you that.&#8221;

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