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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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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The top intelligence agency in the United States is celebrating Pride Month by inviting agents to have the transgender flag painted on their nails, participate in a “Pride Ally Challenge,” and learn from a “non-binary,” “Filipinx” activist who has taught children about her non-binary identity, a document exclusively obtained by The Daily Wire reveals.
The intelligence document outlines nine different Pride Month activities held by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), a <a href="https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/director-of-national-intelligence">cabinet-level agency</a> overseeing the rest of the IC, including the CIA, FBI, NSA, and intelligence components in each branch of the military. Over the course of the month, intelligence officers will have their nails painted with trans flags, or even learn to crochet their very own Pride flags.
“For nail painting, we’ll have our pro team of FVEY artistes ready to decorate you ready for Pride Month, with the option of celebrating pride or trans flag colors,” the document reads before further encouraging intelligence agents to have their nails painted. “If you don’t normally paint your nails, or have never done so, all the better! We’ll do everything for you, and you might just love it. What better way to show your allyship to the community?”
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The elaborate array of Pride celebrations, all of which will occur during the work hours of America’s top intelligence apparatus, demonstrates one of the most blatant ways in which the most powerful instruments of the federal government have been captured and leveraged by leftwing ideologues.
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence and combat-decorated U.S. Army veteran who fought in the elite Green Berets, confirmed the authenticity of the document with the intelligence community. He said it&#8217;s another example of the Biden administration wasting valuable time and resources away from serious intelligence-gathering activities that are vital to our national security.
“It just shows where this administration&#8217;s priorities continue to be, which is a virtue signal to the progressive Left, rather than staying focused on lethality, effective intelligence collection, and keeping America safe,” Waltz told The Daily Wire. “It&#8217;s just a total misplacement of priorities, and it comes from the top, and it comes from highly politicized political appointees, by political appointees that are pushing an agenda.”
The “Nails &amp; Crafts” event was held with the Pride <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-race-and-sex-based-affinity-groups-drive-dei-initiatives-throughout-the-federal-government">Employee Resource Group</a> as well as the “FVEY Liaison Offices,” a reference to the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance that includes the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The document’s reference to Five Eyes indicates that foreign intelligence agents may have been invited or present at the nail painting event.
The same event also featured crochet lessons from “FVEY crocheters,” who taught “how to make Pride flags.”
That nail painting event, which took place on June 4, came just ahead of a talk from guest speaker AC Dumlao, who is described as a “transgender non-binary first-generation Filipinx-American activist and educator” and has a website called &#8220;Call Me They.&#8221;
“AC will lead a discussion focused on transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse identities,” as well as “where we are today with trans rights and ending discrimination,” the event description reads.
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Dumlao “specializes in advising on inclusive policies for transgender and non-binary individuals in the workplace” according to <a href="https://callmethey.com/">her website</a>. It goes on to explain that “AC is dedicated to providing representation to queer and trans young people of the global majority.” Dumlao even <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1WtUVv45hc">appeared on</a> a YouTube channel aimed at <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dearqueerkid/queer-kid-stuff-teaching-preschoolers-their-lgbtqs/posts">preschoolers</a>, called “Queer Kids Stuff,” to teach children about non-binary gender identity and that gender exists on a spectrum.
Dumlao’s website lists a number of <a href="https://callmethey.com/resources/">different organizations</a> that she recommends supporting, each of which further highlights the extent of Dumlao’s radicalism. One such organization, called the Manna-hatta Fund, describes itself as “an invitation to all settlers and non-Native people who wish to acknowledge the legacy of theft and genocide that comprise the history of New York City and the United States.” The radical activist also points those who visit her site to <a href="https://www.redcanarysong.net/">Red Canary Song</a>, an organization of “Asian and Migrant sex workers and massage workers, organizing transnationally.” The group states its work “is in the tradition of sex worker mutual aid.”
The ODNI provided several more outlets for intelligence agents to celebrate Pride Month.
The document encourages agents to write blog posts for the “Why I’m an Ally” series, which is run by the Pride Employee Resource Group and provides an “informal way for allies of the Pride Community to explain just why they actively choose to be an ally.” The Pride Employee Resource Group also sought to recruit new leadership, explaining that the organizations “provide employees of underrepresented groups and their allies the tools and ability to identify and address barriers that may hinder the achievement of that population.”
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There was also a “Pride Month Kick-off Event” earlier in the month that featured members of the Pride Employee Resource Group who shared “personal observations about how inclusivity has grown in the workplace.” A panel discussion on the “transgender community across generations,” scheduled for June 17th, will bring together “members of the transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive community across generations” to discuss “their unique lived experiences.”
READ MORE: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-race-and-sex-based-affinity-groups-drive-dei-initiatives-throughout-the-federal-government">How Race And Sex-Based Affinity Groups Drive DEI Throughout The Federal Government</a>
Then there’s ODNI’s “Pride Ally Challenge,” which began on June 3 and takes intelligence agents on a “guided journey to learn more about the LGBTQ+ community and empower you to become a better, more well-informed ally” across 20 different daily activities.
ODNI is also hosting a “Walk with Pride” event halfway through the month, inviting intelligence agents to “[c]elebrate Pride and show your support for the LGBTQIA+ community” in the march. “Be sure to sport your pride swag!” the document reads.
In case agents want yet another chance to celebrate Pride Month, there will also be an &#8220;IC Pride Summit&#8221; for the intelligence community at the end of the month.
Waltz said this is not the time for the country to lose focus, and that adversaries are becoming more powerful while components within our intelligence community are distracted by political agendas.
“I think it is a total misplacement of priorities from senior leaders all the way down the chain, and you overlay this with the amount of threats that we&#8217;re facing as a country from peer adversaries that are eclipsing us in hypersonics, in nuclear weapons, in space, in the size of their navy, in espionage,” Waltz continued. “You&#8217;ve got the FBI director saying that we&#8217;re opening, they&#8217;re opening a new counter-espionage case against China every 12 hours, and they don&#8217;t have anywhere near the resources to deal with it.”
“How about we get some meat eaters that are worried about putting bullets or bombs on foreheads of bad guys? Collecting intelligence, filling gaps, spying, conducting covert activities to keep America safe,” Waltz added.
The revelations about ODNI’s extensive Pride Month celebrations come after The Daily Wire previously exposed another facet of the ODNI’s DEI agenda. One DEI newsletter published and distributed by ODNI included an article from an intelligence agent who claimed that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-top-intelligence-agency-says-crossdressing-makes-man-better-intelligence-officer-internal-docs-show">crossdressing</a> made him a better agent. “I think my experiences as someone who crossdresses have sharpened the skills I use as an intelligence officer,” the official ODNI document reads.
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BOMBSHELL🚨: America’s top intelligence agency sent the FBI, CIA, NSA, and Pentagon a memo that celebrates an official who says “crossdressing makes me a better intelligence officer.”
The world’s most powerful intel apparatus has been hijacked by woke feds. Here’s the proof.🧵 <a href="https://t.co/ibPqeQSBhT">pic.twitter.com/ibPqeQSBhT</a>
— Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1770094166351008220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
That same document also warned intelligence agents against using “problematic language” when discussing Islamic terrorism. The document contended that “some of the problematic phrases include, but are not limited to: ‘Salafi-Jihadist,’ ‘Jihadist,’ ‘Islamic-Extremist,’ ‘Sunni/Shia-Extremism,’ and ‘Radical Islamists.’”
The editor-in-chief of the ODNI newsletter also celebrated that employee resource groups within the intelligence community “have been particularly successful in creating a new framework and language guidelines for how we talk about the People’s Republic of China.” Like many other federal agencies, ODNI has a <a href="https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/organizations/339-about/organization/diversity-equity-and-inclusion">DEI apparatus and personnel</a> specifically committed to further embedding the leftwing doctrine throughout the government.
The ODNI Pride celebrations and DEI newsletter are only a couple examples of the United States Intelligence Community advancing far-left ideologies, however. The National Security Agency (NSA) published an internal DEI glossary, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-leaked-nsa-doc-reveals-massive-woke-glossary-pushing-critical-race-theory-gender-ideology-on-govt-employees">exclusively obtained</a> by The Daily Wire, that included terms like “white fragility,” “transmisogyny,” “settler colonialism,” and even the gender-neutral pronouns of “ze” and “zir.”
The Biden administration has sought to embed far-left ideology throughout the practices of America’s intelligence community, military, and entire federal bureaucracy, institutionalizing the leftwing dogmas by way of DEI trainings, equity officials, and celebrations like those revealed here. Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/02/16/executive-order-on-further-advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government/">signed</a> multiple <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/25/executive-order-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-accessibility-in-the-federal-workforce/">executive orders</a> institutionalizing DEI, and his federal agencies have even worked to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-the-biden-admin-enables-government-employees-to-change-genders">enable gender transition</a> attempts among government employees, barring the use of biologically accurate pronouns in the process.
Former President Donald Trump has pledged to combat the ideological takeover of the federal bureaucracy if he is reelected in November and purge those who might otherwise work to undermine his policy agenda.
“We will pass critical reforms making every executive branch employee fireable by the President of the United States,” Trump declared at a rally, <a href="https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2022/03/trump-threatening-return-and-expansion-schedule-f/363145/">touting</a> his plan. “The deep state must be brought to heel.” Trump’s allies are now preparing to fill the void left by outgoing bureaucrats, with the Heritage Foundation’s <a href="https://www.project2025.org/">Project 2025</a> assembling a personnel database that could staff a new Trump administration.
The full document obtained by The Daily Wire can be read below.
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Former Director of National Intelligence <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-clapper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Clapper</a> had a short reply when he was asked by Fox News if he regrets signing the intelligence officials’ letter in 2020 that labeled the Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation.
Clapper, along with 50 other former senior intelligence officials, signed the letter in October 2020 — just weeks before the presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden — saying <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the New York Post story</a> that exposed emails from Hunter Biden’s “laptop from hell” had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
Since that letter, Hunter Biden’s laptop has been confirmed as authentic by multiple media outlets and the Department of Justice. The laptop was also confirmed as real during Hunter’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-gun-trial-confirms-laptop-was-real-all-along">ongoing gun trial</a> earlier this week when the prosecution shared images from the laptop and Hunter’s iCloud account that showed him nude and holding crack pipes.
When Clapper was asked if he regretted adding his name to the intelligence officials’ letter, he simply replied, “No,” Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-obama-official-one-word-answer-asked-retract-attack-hunter-biden-laptop">reported</a>. He also refused to publicly remove his name from the letter.
Hunter’s laptop contained evidence that the first son introduced the commander-in-chief to a Ukrainian businessman less than a year before then-Vice President Joe Biden pressured Ukrainian government officials to fire a prosecutor investigating the businessman’s company. Hunter had been hired to the board of a Ukrainian energy firm a year before Joe Biden’s meeting with the Ukrainian businessman.
Clapper, and dozens of other former intelligence officials, wrote of the Hunter Biden laptop story, “If we are right, this is Russia trying to influence how Americans vote in this election, and we believe strongly that Americans need to be aware of this.”
The letter was covered in a report by <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/19/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276">POLITICO</a> that was published on October 19, 2020, and Biden referred to the letter in a debate with Trump three days later when Hunter’s laptop and foreign business dealings were brought up. Biden went on to win the 2020 election just two weeks later, but it would be another three years before the “Russian disinformation” claims put forth by the former intelligence officials were debunked by the DOJ.
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Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings — along with his father’s alleged involvement in them when he was vice president — have been the center of a months-long impeachment inquiry led by House Republicans.
Earlier this week, House Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-and-james-biden-referred-by-congress-for-criminal-prosecution-over-provably-false-statements">referred</a> Hunter Biden and the president’s brother, James Biden, for criminal prosecution for allegedly lying while testifying as part of the corruption-focused impeachment inquiry into the president.
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On Wednesday, there was a big announcement from the House Intelligence Committee. The House Intelligence Committee chair tweeted a statement suggesting that there was a serious national security threat the American public needed to be made aware of.
This freaked everybody out because when vague national security related threats are made, suggesting they are serious enough they need to be declassified, everybody starts to have some palpitations.
As it turns out, it appears there is intelligence suggesting Russia is going to attempt to deploy a nuclear anti-satellite system in space.
Apparently, the Russians haven&#8217;t done it yet; the system is under development. We don’t know how far the technology has gone.
There are two questions: What would it mean if Russia actually were to do so? And, why are we finding out about this now?
To the first question: Presumably, America&#8217;s satellite technology would be seriously threatened, although if a nuke is detonated in space, it would not have the same ramifications as if it were detonated at high altitude. A nuclear weapon feeds on the air around it; it requires oxygen in order for it to continue expanding.
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So if a nuclear weapon explodes in a vacuum — if in space — it doesn&#8217;t have quite the same impact as a nuclear weapon at high altitude. Effectively, radiation is blasted out, which significantly damages or degrades pretty much all the satellites within the immediate orbit. It would create a sort of perennial hotspot in that place or cause satellites that pass through it to be significantly damaged.
As the largest single investor in space capabilities, the United States could lose $200 billion per year of real gross output from its space assets. Military space assets would be degraded over time. A nuclear weapon in space would do great economic damage.
Is this the kind of serious national security threat that requires everybody to go on panic mode for a full day where everybody is thinking, Oh, my God. I need my bunker? No.
Now to the second question, which is: Why are we finding out about this now?
Possibly to induce more support for Ukraine. I have sympathy for the idea of giving aid to Ukraine, but I don&#8217;t think that amount of aid should be $60 billion. I don&#8217;t believe the United States has an interest in allowing Russia to simply walk over the entirety of Ukraine. I think that has significant negative geopolitical ramifications for the United States and American citizens.
But scaring the American people into green-lighting an aid package by releasing information about a serious national security threat doesn&#8217;t seem like a great tactic to get people in your corner.
Ultimately, it&#8217;s going to alienate more people than it draws.
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A Palestinian dentist confessed that Israeli intelligence agents spent hours on the phone with him to warn him to evacuate his area and warn others before the area was targeted by the Israel Defense Forces.
On October 19, Mahmoud Shaheen, who lived in an area that had not been yet targeted, received a phone call.
“I&#8217;m speaking with you from Israeli intelligence,” a man told him in perfect Arabic, addressing him by his name. “He told me he wanted to bomb three towers … and ordered me to evacuate the surrounding area,” Shaheen recalled to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67327079" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC</a>. Suspicious that the call might be fake, Shaheen asked for a warning shot to be fired. A warning shot was then fired at a nearby building.
“I asked him to &#8216;shoot another warning shot before you bomb,” Shaheen reportedly said. Another warning shot was fired.
Shaheen tried to stall the forthcoming attack; he said the man on the other end of the phone said he would give him time because he didn’t want anyone to die.
“Why do you want to bomb?” Shaheen said he asked, eliciting the reply, “There are some things that we see that you don&#8217;t see.”
When a nearby tower was hit, the man on the phone told Shaheen, “This is the tower that we want, stay away.” After the bombing was over, the man told him, “We’ve finished … you can go back.”
Later the same day, another man called Shaheen telling him more buildings had been targeted and warning him to tell his neighbors to evacuate again, saying, “We want you to inform people to evacuate the area.”
“He even told me, ‘Take your time. I won&#8217;t bomb unless you give me permission,&#8217;” Shaheen recalled.
Mahmoud asked the man where the neighbors should go. “He said, ‘Either take them east or west,’” he remembered. “I said, ‘To take them east will be hard, because to the east of al-Zahra is Al Mughraqa — an already unsafe area. People were already scared to go there.’”
“He told me, ‘Take them west to Palestine Street.’ I suggested the University of Palestine and he said yes.”
The IDF has released recordings of other calls made to Gaza residents urging them to evacuate buildings. “In one recording, the local resident can be heard telling the Israeli officer that Hamas was <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-releases-recording-of-gazan-saying-hamas-shooting-at-people-trying-to-flee-south/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shooting at people</a> trying to flee south,” The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-man-israeli-agents-spent-hours-on-phone-with-me-to-evacuate-targeted-buildings/#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
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IDF releases an audio recording of an officer in the Military Intelligence Directorate&#39;s Unit 504 — which specializes in HUMINT — speaking to a Gazan man, during which he describes how Hamas is preventing people from evacuating from the northern part of the Gaza Strip. <a href="https://t.co/VgMJO3SzVo">pic.twitter.com/VgMJO3SzVo</a>
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