Intelligence head Tulsi Gabbard asks Justice to investigate alleged leaks

 The director of national intelligence asked the Justice Dept. to consider prosecuting people in the intelligence community for alleged leaks to news organizations.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on social media that she has asked the Justice Department to investigate alleged “intelligence community LEAKS” by people she described as “deep-state criminals.”

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Gabbard’s deputy chief of staff posted separately on X that “two intelligence community leakers” had been referred to the Justice Department, with a third referral on its way. The aide, Alexa Henning, said one of the leaks included information published in a recent Washington Post article on the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.