The Trump administration has taken swift action to hold intelligence officials accountable for misleading the American people. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard confirmed Monday that security clearances have been revoked for 51 former intelligence officers who dismissed Hunter Biden’s laptop as Russian disinformation during the 2020 election cycle.
The list of those stripped of clearances includes former intelligence leaders such as James Clapper, John Brennan, Mike Hayden, and Leon Panetta. Also impacted are former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Per @POTUS directive, I have revoked security clearances and barred access to classified information for Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, and Andrew Weissman, along with the 51 signers of the Hunter Biden…
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) March 10, 2025
Gabbard’s announcement, made via X, also revealed that former President Joe Biden would no longer be receiving the President’s Daily Brief, ending his access to classified national security reports. The decision aligns with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump upon returning to office, which called for intelligence officials to be held accountable for election-related misinformation.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has taken action to strip security clearances from several Biden Administration officials, including Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan, as well as high-profile prosecutors of Donald Trump, like Letitia James and Alvin Bragg. pic.twitter.com/GnUMuVh1LD
— Jordan Sekulow (@JordanSekulow) March 12, 2025
The letter signed by the 51 intelligence officials played a key role in shaping public perception ahead of the 2020 election. Media outlets used it to dismiss reports on Hunter Biden’s laptop, preventing voters from seeing key details about the Biden family’s business dealings.
Tulsi Gabbard, the newly appointed Head of National Intelligence of the United States, is on the Ukrainian Myrotvorets kill list, and has been on it since 2022.
How long will the US State Department allow this list targeting journalists, politicians and even children to exist? pic.twitter.com/XX6GhBRH3c
— Olga Bazova (@OlgaBazova) February 5, 2025
Despite signing the letter, some officials later acknowledged that they knew the laptop’s contents were real. Former CIA officer Douglas Wise admitted that a “significant portion” of the material was authentic, yet he and others still framed the issue as a potential foreign influence operation.
Yanked! Tulsi Gabbard revokes security clearances for big-name Democrats https://t.co/NOoTvlp8dz via @worldnetdaily
AMAZING!
clearly 77 million Americans disagreed with Biden's insane orders, and restored Trump to the White House, where Trump now gets daily intelligence…— BRANDON PRINGLE (@BPRINGLE2024) March 12, 2025
Gabbard has been actively reshaping the intelligence community. In February, she revoked security clearances and dismissed over 100 National Security Agency employees after discovering that they had been using an internal chat system for inappropriate discussions.
