The spectacle last week where Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard publicly released declassified materials and accused the Obama administration of manufacturing the Russia-collusion narrative was a watershed moment for anyone tired of the permanent political class lying to the American people. Gabbard, who was sworn in as DNI in February 2025, stood at the podium and laid out documents that she says show the intelligence was politicized to push a narrative that did not hold up to scrutiny.
What Gabbard described was not a mere political squabble — she alleged that officials ignored or suppressed conflicting intelligence in order to sell a preordained story to the public. Those are explosive charges, and they go to the heart of whether our intelligence apparatus was weaponized against a sitting president and the voters who put him there. The DNI’s disclosures have already forced the Justice Department to create a team to assess the material, which tells you how seriously this is being taken.
As predictable as night following day, the mainstream broadcast networks recoiled. CNN, among others, abruptly cut away from Gabbard as she began outlining the details, muting parts of her remarks and labeling the allegations “extreme” while the story was still fresh. That reflexive censorship from a network that prides itself on being the arbiter of truth only confirms what conservatives have long suspected: the media will suppress anything that threatens the narrative they have spent years building.
The Justice Department’s move to form a strike force to evaluate the documents released by the DNI is proof that these are not idle accusations to be waved off. Reuters reported the DOJ’s formal assessment, a procedural step that could lead to real accountability if the evidence holds up. Americans should be demanding transparency and swift, impartial action rather than reflexive defenses of former officials.
Unsurprisingly, some former intelligence officials have pushed back with furious denials, accusing Gabbard of misunderstanding how assessments were compiled and warning against politicizing classified work. Those responses must be scrutinized just as closely as the revelations, because the same agencies that once protected their own now claim to be arbiters of whether their past conduct should be examined. The American people deserve both the evidence and answers, not convenient reassurances from insiders.
Conservatives and patriots should cheer a DNI who actually does the job: declassifying documents, exposing misconduct, and forcing institutions to answer for past abuses. This is about restoring accountability to the federal government and returning power to voters, not unelected bureaucrats who pick winners and losers in our political system. If these documents do prove that intelligence was twisted for partisan ends, those responsible must face the law and history.
America cannot allow its security apparatus or its newsrooms to become arbiters of political outcomes. The public must stay engaged, demand hearings, and insist that the Justice Department follow the evidence wherever it leads. Whatever your party, we should all want a government that serves the people, not one that manufactures narratives to undermine electoral results.
