This wasn’t just a bureaucratic shuffle. It was a purge. When Tulsi Gabbard, now Director of National Intelligence, sacked Mike Collins and Maria Langan-Riekhof from the helm of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), the headlines were quick to sell the official version: “bias,”

In a significant shake-up within the U.S. intelligence community, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard has dismissed two senior officials from the National Intelligence Council (NIC): Acting Chair Mike Collins and Deputy Maria Langan-Riekhof. This move follows the release of a declassified NIC memo that contradicted the Trump administration’s claims