Coverage dated February 25, 2025

Tulsi Gabbard says more than 100 intelligence officers to be fired over sexually explicit chats

Headline from FOX 13 Tampa

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said more than 100 federal employees within the intelligence community will be terminated for alleged ties to explicit chats.

FOX 13 Tampa's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

27 articles, oldest first.

  1. Townhall

  2. CNN

    Tulsi Gabbard says more than 100 intelligence officers will be fired for sexually explicit NSA chat messages (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Tuesday that more than 100 intelligence officers will be fired for participating in sexually explicit messages in National Security Agency chat rooms.

  3. FOX 13 Tampa

    Tulsi Gabbard says more than 100 intelligence officers to be fired over sexually explicit chats (opens FOX 13 Tampa)

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    FOX 13 Tampa's feed description

    Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said more than 100 federal employees within the intelligence community will be terminated for alleged ties to explicit chats.

  4. Blaze Media

    Tulsi Gabbard says NSA workers in 'pornographic and sexually explicit' chat rooms will be fired: 'Action is underway' (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    Logs from the bizarre chat rooms were obtained by investigative journalist Christopher Rufo.

  5. NBC4 Washington

    Tulsi Gabbard fires more than 100 intelligence officers over messages in a chat tool (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    The discussions went beyond work to sexual themes and political messages.

  6. New York Post

    DNI Tulsi Gabbard says she’s firing more than 100 intel employees who took part in ‘obscene’ sex chatrooms (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Gabbard told Fox News that the spooks had committed 'an egregious violation of trust' by discussing their fetishes and sexual fantasies on a NSA platform.

  7. Forbes

    More Than 100 Intelligence Staffers To Be Fired For Sending Sexually Explicit Texts In NSA Chatrooms, Gabbard Says (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    he DNI’s spokesperson said the targeted workers participated in “obscene, pornographic, and sexually explicit” NSA chatrooms.

  8. Hot Air

  9. New York Times

    Gabbard Says More Than 100 Intelligence Officers Fired for Chat Messages (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    The chats had been set up to discuss sensitive security matters. But a group of employees used them for discussions that contained sexual themes, intelligence officials said this week.

  10. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Gabbard fires over 100 intelligence officers over explicit chats | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, said on Tuesday that more than 100 intelligence officers from 15 agencies had been fired for sexually explicit discussions on a government chat tool.

  11. Latin Times

    Tulsi Gabbard Fires More Than 100 Intelligence Officers For Sexting on NSA-Chat Tool (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    In a large-scale crackdown, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard let go more than 100 officers over NSFW actions.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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