Alarm Raised Over “An American KGB” Run Out of Gabbard’s National Intelligence Office

Group representing hundreds of former national security officials denounces ‘weaponization’ working group

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard

An organization representing hundreds of former intelligence, law enforcement and State Department officials expressed alarm Tuesday over a report that the Office of National Intelligence was running a secretive group dedicated to identifying and rooting out perceived enemies of President Donald Trump.

The Steady State, founded in 2016 and composed of some 340 former officials from the CIA, FBI, Department of State, Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, urged Congressional lawmakers to look into The Interagency Weaponization Working Group, whose activities were closely examined Monday in an exclusive report by the Reuters news agency. The group’s mission, it said, was “basically to go after ‘the Deep State,’” a term that Trump and his minions use to describe officials who have opposed the president’s positions and mandates, especially in the national security realm. Prime targets have been Justice Department officials, FBI agents and CIA officials who investigated the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia or prosecuted Jan. 6 rioters.