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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday that her agency will cut its workforce by more than 40 percent, saving more than $700 million annually.
“Over the past 20 years, ODNI has become bloated and ineffective, and the intelligence community has been rife with abuses of power, unauthorized leaks of classified intelligence, and politicized weaponization of intelligence,” Gabbard said in a statement.
The reduction in staff is intended to allow the agency to “focus on its critical role as the central hub for intelligence integration, strategic direction, and oversight of the intelligence community,” it said.
ODNI was created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks exposed systemic failures in U.S. intelligence. Its mission was to integrate information from multiple sources and provide oversight to all elements of the intelligence community (currently 18) to ensure that the information provided to the president and other policymakers was timely, accurate and apolitical, the statement said. -0-
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