Gabbard winds down spy task force

Trump's intelligence chief says it was only temporary.

Add Reuters to Your Google Preferred Sources One Essential Read One Essential Read Recommended by Kate Turton, Newsletter Editor Gabbard shuts down task force after scrutiny from Congress and critics   Gabbard at a press briefing, at the White House in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura US spy chief Tulsi Gabbard told Reuters that she has wound down a task force she launched last year. The task force had the declared goal of rooting out politicization from intelligence agencies, but critics accused it of being a tool for partisan attacks by the Trump administration. Gabbard said in a statement she had reassigned members of the Director's Initiatives Group elsewhere in her agency. Her comments to Reuters came after two sources said the decision to wrap up the DIG, as it was commonly known, was taken after alleged missteps. Read our exclusive   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website   Reuters One Essential Read is sent three days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. This email includes limited tracking for Reuters to understand whether you’ve engaged with its contents. For more information on how we process your personal information and your rights, please see our Privacy Statement. Terms & Conditions   © 2026 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036