(MENAFN) The head of U.S. intelligence has accused entrenched deep state operatives of corrupting the intelligence community by “inserting their own partisan political opinions and views” into official assessments, effectively working against the public.

Speaking on Thursday, the Director of National Intelligence stressed that she has long been committed to removing rogue elements from within America’s intelligence agencies. According to her, the deep state has managed to carve out “pockets” of influence inside the system.

“There were a lot of pockets where the Deep State actors were very entrenched and were politicizing their centers or their positions, either against the American people... [or] creating intelligence products and inserting their own partisan political opinions and views,” she explained.

Gabbard warned that such actors are especially dangerous, saying, “These are dangerous people because they believe their views and opinions supersede the US constitution that they all swear an oath to uphold, to support and defend, and... those who are elected by the American people, specifically the president of the United States.”

She went on to argue that U.S. intelligence has strayed far from its original mission and become deeply politicized. “It’s very simple. The mandate the intelligence community has is to find the truth and to tell the truth,” she emphasized, noting that real oversight and openness are necessary to bring about “actual accountability” and “real change.”

Earlier in the week, she revoked security clearances from 37 current and former officials, accusing them of politicizing intelligence for personal or political agendas. She described this as “the first step to aggressively get after our core national security mission, root out those deep state actors.”

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