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Multiple GOP media channels allege that the CIA secretly seized files from Tulsi Gabbard to hide wrongdoing, offering no documentation beyond anonymous sources. By branding career intelligence personnel as shadowy thieves, the narrative feeds a broader effort to delegitimize oversight institutions and concentrate trust in partisan figures.

10 gov accounts · 19 gov posts First seen: May 13, 2026 at 21:40 UTC Cia · Gabbard · Tulsi · Tulsi Gabbard · Files · Documents

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Multiple GOP media channels allege that the CIA secretly seized files from Tulsi Gabbard to hide wrongdoing, offering no documentation beyond anonymous sources. By branding career intelligence personnel as shadowy thieves, the narrative feeds a broader effort to delegitimize oversight institutions and concentrate trust in partisan figures.

Original talking point · 10 gov accounts
Closest echo 72%

CIA Spooks Spied On Tulsi Gabbard’s Team As It Probed Deep State, Whistleblower Alleges. The CIA illegally surveilled its own intelligence community colleagues who were overseeing the agency’s clandestine work and

News · AOL · 1d after origin · source →
Most drifted echo 45%

‘Can we trust people that work in government?’: Joe Concha. Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticized government officials Thursday for seemingly withholding information from

News · Washington Examiner on MSN · source →

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News AOL 4mo ago 72%

CIA Spooks Spied On Tulsi Gabbard’s Team As It Probed Deep State, Whistleblower Alleges. The CIA illegally surveilled its own intelligence community colleagues who were overseeing the agency’s clandestine work and

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 61%

The CIA needs oversight It is malfunctioning

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 59%

The CIA needs oversight It is malfunctioning

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 56%

Sounds like the CIA has a ruling entity outside of a constitutional office?

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 54%

JFK files that implicate the CIA in the conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy in 1963 are at the forefront of the seizure…

Facebook JamesinUSA1957 54%

I don't know if I trust Director Ratcliffe. The last I heard, is that CIA Agents were threatening to carry secrets elsewhere if they experienced any DOGE and Purging, as some other Agencies and Departments have undergone...and as far as I know, none have been fired. For What You Might Ask? How about colluding with Obama, Hillary, and the rest of those damn Traitors to undermine President Trump in his first administration. Now, as a result of this Whistleblower...the CIA were apparently in cohoots with Fauci in in covering up the origins of Covid. Ratcliffe is a long time, experience, government Civil Servant, JUST WHAT WE DONT NEED IN CHARGE OF ANYTHING, MUCH LESS THE CIA! I'm sure many will sing his praises...but we'll soon see if he does anything to root out these "Deep Staters!" And if not, He Needs To Go!

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 53%

Hold up, the Director of the CIA, authorized this. Or do we have rogue agents.

Facebook Lighthouse❤️er 53%

He’s got some explaining to do. How is what the CIA did legal

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 53%

Nothing says the cia was behind both anymore than that ….

Facebook Ellen Wilson 53%

The CIA obviously doesn’t want citizens to know what’s in the boxes

News The Daily Caller on MSN 52%

Duke: CIA file swipe. Hey y’all, welcome back to Unfit to Print. Today we’re covering the CIA’s alleged seizure of JFK and MKUltra documents, a missing Democratic congresswoman, a progressive prosecutor’s shocking claim

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 52%

Hold up, the Director of the CIA, authorized this. Or do we have rogue agents.

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 51%

As Director of National Intelligence Isn’t she the boss of the CIA? 🤔

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 51%

CIA was involved in the assassination. It was already disclosed in some of the earlier releases.

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 51%

What a mystery..... What possible connection could the CIA have with the murder of a president who wanted to disband them?

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 50%

Sounds like the CIA has a ruling entity outside of a constitutional office?

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 49%

Nothing says the cia was behind both anymore than that ….

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 49%

As Director of National Intelligence Isn’t she the boss of the CIA? 🤔

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 48%

JFK files that implicate the CIA in the conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy in 1963 are at the forefront of the seizure…

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 48%

CIA was involved in the assassination. It was already disclosed in some of the earlier releases.

Facebook Facebook user 4mo ago 46%

It's supposed to be against the law for CIA to operate inside the United States.

News Washington Examiner on MSN 45%

‘Can we trust people that work in government?’: Joe Concha. Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticized government officials Thursday for seemingly withholding information from