Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard submitted her resignation on Friday, commending the executive branch for its unprecedented efficiency in executing multiple international military offensives without consulting the nation’s top intelligence official.
WASHINGTON — Gabbard’s departure, effective June 30, concludes a tumultuous tenure in which she was largely excluded from the intelligence apparatus she nominally oversaw. Her resignation follows a string of unilateral military actions ordered by Donald Trump against Venezuela and Iran, operations that Gabbard reportedly learned about only after noticing a sudden influx of breaking news alerts on her personal smartphone.
In a formal letter to the president, Gabbard praised the structural agility of an administration capable of orchestrating theater-level strikes across two continents while simultaneously ensuring the DNI’s security badge did not grant access to the Situation Room.
“While we have made significant progress … I recognize there is still important work to be done,” Gabbard wrote in the correspondence, a statement defense analysts believe refers to the ongoing interagency effort to keep the director permanently distracted with administrative paperwork while the Pentagon initiates kinetic warfare.
Director Gabbard served her country with distinction by quietly sitting in a windowless suite for five months while the commander-in-chief authorized airstrikes on Caracas and Tehran.
Internal White House records indicate the administration officially bypassed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence during the planning phases for the recent overseas attacks, citing a desire to streamline the military chain of command by removing the burdensome step of gathering intelligence prior to an invasion.
Gabbard will remain in her post for the next month to facilitate a smooth transition. During this period, she is expected to fulfill her remaining statutory obligations by watering the office ficus and checking cable news chyrons each morning to confirm the current deployment status of the U.S. armed forces.