If there’s one thing that the infamous CIA and other American three-letter agencies don’t lack, it’s a multitude of scandals.

Whether it’ssupport for various Nazi leftoversafter WWII, death squads and narco cartels, Islamic radicals and terrorists, or just “good old” false flags, shadow bases, black ops and illegal prisons, the so-called US Intelligence Community (USIC) is there to “make your day”. However, in recent days and weeks, the scandals have escalated to the point that various three-letter agencies are now openly targeting each other, as the USIC is effectively coming apart at the seams. Namely, last week, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation (effective on June 30).

Gabbard cited a serious illness of her husband Abraham Williams as the reason for leaving. However, her departure might be connected to much deeper issues.

Namely, Gabbard’s tenure as DNI has been marred by tensions with various intelligence services, particularly the CIA, which has fervently resisted her attempts to institute greater transparency within the USIC. However, it turned out that rooting out politicization, corruption and abuse of power in the American federal government is much easier said than done. Gabbard revoked security clearances of officials (both current and former) found to have “abused public trust”, which effectively stirred up the hornet’s nest in the halls of power in Washington DC.

In addition, by May, she had overseen the release of over half a million pages of highly classified documents, including assassination records on President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr, files connected to Amelia Earhart’s 1937 disappearance and the Biden administration’s documents detailing the “Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism”.

Gabbard also uncovered thatthe Obama administration undoubtedly weaponized the USIC to undermine Trump’s 2016 campaign by pushing the Russiagate conspiracy theory.

However, she doesn’t plan to stop and has promised to release a string of other classified files before her departure as DNI.

Gabbard will do this in weekly installments, uncovering state secrets on the Havana Syndrome, the origins of COVID-19, the weaponization of the federal government under various Democrat administrations and the 2020 presidential election.It remains to be seen to what extent these revelations will go, but it’s a given they’ll further divide the political establishment. Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Aaron Lukas will serve as Acting DNI while the White House decides who will replace Gabbard. However, tensions are escalating between President Trump and Senate Republicans, particularly after he endorsed primary challengers against senators John Cornyn (Texas) and Bill Cassidy (Louisiana).

In the meantime, the aforementioned fault lines in the USIC become more apparent as the FBI is now dealing with corrupt CIA officials involved in fraud and various embezzlement schemes. Namely,according to the New York Times, senior CIA official David Rush was arrested last week after investigators found hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million stashed in his Virginia residence. Rush is held in jail while he awaits a detention hearing in the coming days on charges of stealing public money by filling out fraudulent time sheets. However, as the NYT report notes, “the charging documents filed in Alexandria, Virginia, still leave a lot unanswered about his recent conduct”.

Namely,according to court papers, the only formal charge against Rush is that “he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars”. Apparently, Rush falsely claimed to be in the US Navy Reserve after he was discharged. His 2009 application for the government position he eventually took includes false information, specifically about “Rush obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and a master’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute”. The investigation revealed that he not only failed to obtain the said degrees, but actually never attended either institution. The affidavit describes Rush as a “former senior executive service-level employee”.

Source: Global Research