Tulsi Gabbard, Director of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), announced a significant reduction in the workforce and budget of the office. ODNI Faces Major Shakeup With Cuts To Staff, Budget The Trump administration plans to implement a 40% cut in the ODNI workforce and reduce the budget by over $700 million annually. Gabbard cited the ODNI as having grown “bloated and inefficient” over the past two decades, plagued by issues of power abuse, unauthorized leaks, and politicized weaponization of intelligence, as reported by PBS.
