Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she made two criminal referrals on Wednesday related to alleged leaks in the intelligence community and said a third referral is \u201con its way.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a post on the social platform X, Gabbard said the third criminal referral \u201cincludes the recent illegal leak to the Washington Post,\u201d without elaborating on details.<\/p>\n
\u201cPoliticization of our intelligence and leaking classified information puts our nation\u2019s security at risk and must end,\u201d Gabbard said in her statement. \u201cThose who leak classified information will be found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gabbard said she looks forward to working with federal law enforcement to prosecute the \u201cdeep-state criminals\u201d allegedly involved. <\/p>\n
\u201cThese deep-state criminals leaked classified information for partisan political purposes to undermine POTUS\u2019 agenda. I look forward to working with @TheJusticeDept and @FBI to investigate, terminate and prosecute these criminals,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
The statement comes as Trump administration officials have sought to clamp down on leaks to journalists. Last month, Gabbard announced the Trump administration<\/a> would be \u201caggressively pursuing\u201d leakers, accusing them of being politically motivated.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, such leaks have become commonplace with no investigation or accountability. That ends now. We know of and are aggressively pursuing recent leakers from within the Intelligence Community and will hold them accountable,\u201d Gabbard wrote in a post last month.<\/p>\n Alleged leaks have plagued the Department of Defense (DOD) in recent days as well.<\/p>\n The Pentagon on Friday fired senior aides<\/a> Dan Caldwell, Colin Carroll and Darin Selnick after the DOD opened an investigation into leaks of information to news outlets. <\/p>\n