Tulsi Gabbard Says ODNI 2.0 'Will Save Taxpayers $700 Million Every Year'

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appeared on Fox News Wednesday to discuss sweeping reforms to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

During an appearance on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Gabbard told viewers that Congress created the ODNI two decades ago after the intelligence failures of 9/11. The office was designed to integrate intelligence across agencies and ensure the president received accurate, timely, and apolitical information. But she said the institution strayed far from its mission.

“It is rife with politicization, weaponization, the very thing that it was created to try to prevent and get after. And, unfortunately, it has failed to meet its mandate. And so this launch today of ODNI 2.0, as you said, we will save taxpayers more than $700 million every year, cutting the organization by over 40% and making sure that those who are working at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence are aggressively getting after our core mission,” Gabbard told Jesse Watters.

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