Chief US Intel Agency Declassifies Information That It Claimed 'Deep State Actors' Leaked To Attack Trump
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An intelligence memo on the prison gang Tren de Aragua’s supposed ties to the Venezuelan government was declassified and released to the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF). Details from the memo were previously leaked.
Lauren Harper, the Daniel Ellsberg chair on government secrecy for FPF, requested a copy of the memo after the Washington Post reported on the assessment. Unnamed sources “familiar" with the “intelligence product” spoke to the media organization.
Following the report, on April 23, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that the “illegal leak to the Washington Post” would be referred to the United States Justice Department (DOJ), along with two previous leaks.
“These deep-state criminals leaked classified information for partisan political purposes to undermine POTUS’ agenda,” Gabbard declared. “I look forward to working with [the Justice Department] and [FBI] to investigate, terminate, and prosecute these criminals.”
In a press release from FPF, Harper said, “The Trump administration claimed that the leak of this memo was so dangerous that it necessitated opening criminal investigations and creating new, stricter rules around leaks to the media. We wanted to see if that was true—or if the Justice Department was weakening journalists' protections to help hide a document that the public has an obvious right to see.”
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