Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has long held anti-surveillance views. Now she oversees a key surveillance program she once tried to dismantle.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday that more than 100 intelligence officers will be fired for participating in sexually explicit messages in National Security Agency chat rooms.

President Donald Trump says he is suspending the security clearances of attorneys at a prominent law firm involved in launching since-discredited opposition research during the 2016 presidential campaign into any ties between the Republican candidate and Russia.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard outlined a series of sweeping actions to restore integrity within the intelligence community and ensure that American national security remains uncompromised.

President Trump has ordered the suspension of security clearances from the Perkins Coie law firm, whose top lawyer at the time helped the Hillary Clinton campaign fund the debunked Steele Dossier.

This is taking a sledgehammer without any consideration for both short and long-term effects to critical national security institutions that keep Americans safe.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused the fired employees of using government platforms to engage in “horrific behavior.”

The chats had been set up to discuss sensitive security matters. But a group of employees used them for discussions that contained sexual themes, intelligence officials said this week.

Intelink is a secure system meant for collaboration and information-sharing among far-flung intelligence analysts.