Tulsi Gabbard said NSA chat messages that have more than 100 intelligence personnel will be fired

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday that more than 100 intelligence personnel would be fired for participating in sexually clear messages in the NSA chat room.

“More than 100 people from the intelligence community contributed and participated in real violations of trust,” Gabbard said in an interview with Jesse Watters of Fox News. “I posted today One directive that they will all terminate and their security permit will be revoked.”

“They use an NSA platform designed for professional purposes to do this very, very horrifying behavior,” she added.

The information allegedly exchanged in the chat room was first reported by conservative activist Christopher Rufo, who wrote for the City Journal.

DNI spokesman Alexa Henning said on X earlier Tuesday that various intelligence agencies have been directed to identify and terminate employees participating in sexually explicit conversations by Friday and revoke their security permits.

“DNI sent a memorandum directing all intelligence agencies to identify employees involved in the NSA’s “obscene, pornographic and sexually explicit” chat rooms and terminate their employment and revoke their security permits,” Henning said.

A senior administration official told CNN that rank and archive members of the intelligence community have been in contact with Gabbard.

Gabbard’s comments were published for hours after the NSA said it was aware that intelligence officers “appeared to show inappropriate discussions” and announced an investigation was underway.

“A small number of people may abuse these platforms does not represent the community. “Investigations to address abuse of government systems are underway,” the agency said in a statement on X.

CNN’s Jake Tapper contributed to the report.

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