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# What Gabbard's ODNI cuts mean for U.S. intelligence agencies
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/newshour/extras/intelligence-cuts-1755812925/
- Published: 2025-08-22T00:31:09.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-22T01:01:47.000Z
- Description: What Gabbard's ODNI cuts mean for U.S. intelligence agencies
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: PBS News Hour, #ZZZ_Show_fe87d6dc-6a0c-4ffb-800c-e787276ea730, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_2e52f5b9-ff04-46a7-a793-2e289b0bdaa7, #extra

The Trump administration announced that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would cut 40% of its staff. Tulsi Gabbard claims ODNI is "inefficient" and "rife with abuse." The office was created after 9/11 to coordinate the 17 intelligence agencies. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Sue Gordon, principal deputy director of national intelligence at the ODNI from 2017 to 2019.