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.

“Among those discussed by the interagency group,” according to veteran Reuters investigative reporter Jonathan Landay, citing a confidential source, “were former FBI Director James Comey; Anthony Fauci, Trump’s chief medical advisor on the COVID-19 pandemic; and former top U.S. military commanders who implemented orders to make COVID-19 vaccinations compulsory for servicemembers. Discussions of potential targets have ranged beyond current and former government employees to include former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, the source said.”

Back in July, ODNI chief Tulsi Gabbard accused Obama adminsitration officials of engaging in a “treasonous conspiracy” to deny Trump the presidency in 2016.

Fox News Digital confirmed the existence of the group, saying in a headline that “Trump admin agencies [are] coordinating to expose Biden admin’s ‘prolific and dangerous’ weaponization of government.” It added: “The Interagency Weaponization Working Group (IWWG) is made up of officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA and more.”

In sharp contrast, The Steady State group labelled the revelation one of “the worst examples of intelligence politicization and misuse of security services in our history,” which “would represent a direct violation of the statutory and ethical boundaries designed to separate intelligence functions from domestic political operations.” If allowed to continue, the project would amount to a “transformation of our intelligence and law-enforcement institutions into a domestic surveillance or retribution mechanism—an American KGB—[that] would strike at the heart of our constitutional and democratic order,” it said.

In a letter to the top Republicans and Democrats on the Senate and House intelligence, judiciary and armed services committees, The Steady State called for swift, closed-door hearings with ODNI chief Tulsi Gabbard and Attorney General Pam Bondi “to determine the existence, authority and scope” of the interagency group.

The panels, it said, also should demand “all documents, communications, and membership lists” related to the group and “similar ‘weaponization’ initiatives,” and assess possible violations of the law and prohibitions on domestic intelligence activities.”