Obama CIA Director Brennan Lashes Out at Tulsi Gabbard After Documents Exposed Him [WATCH]

Former CIA Director John Brennan publicly accused Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard of “intentionally mischaracterizing” intelligence documents after she declassified a series of oversight reports and memos related to the Obama-era Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Brennan’s comments followed the release of documents that allege he played a central role in creating a politically driven intelligence assessment in December 2016.

The declassified materials include oversight findings from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), as well as public releases from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), titled PR-15-25 and PR-18-25, all of which were made public under Gabbard’s leadership in July 2025.

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At the center of the controversy is the ICA issued in early January 2017.

The assessment concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances.”

The HPSCI report and accompanying declassified documents dispute the integrity and sourcing of that claim.

The HPSCI report states that Brennan pushed for the ICA’s release despite concerns from veteran CIA analysts, who warned that it was “substandard” and relied on questionable intelligence.

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Among the disputed sources was the Steele dossier, which multiple intelligence officers reportedly objected to including. Brennan, according to internal accounts, responded, “Yes, but doesn’t it ring true?”

The report also alleges the ICA excluded intelligence that contradicted the conclusion about Putin’s intentions. Alternative assessments, including reports that Putin was neutral or preparing for a Clinton win, were reportedly suppressed.

The HPSCI document described the central claim about Putin’s preference for Trump as being supported only by a “scant, unclear, and unverifiable fragment.”

Further, according to PR-18-25, Brennan and other intelligence officials “mischaracterized intelligence” to support a “contrived false narrative.”

The release states that dissenting views from within the CIA and broader intelligence community were overruled or disregarded.

PR-15-25 describes a White House meeting on December 9, 2016, during which President Obama reportedly directed Brennan and other officials to produce a report on Russian “tools” used to influence the election.

According to the declassified release, Brennan ordered the inclusion of “substandard reporting” following that meeting.

The ICA was reportedly prepared by a small group of five analysts and one lead drafter, bypassing typical protocols for broader analytic review.

The documents also indicate that Brennan misled members of Congress during testimony by claiming that the Steele dossier was not used in the ICA. However, the dossier was referenced in both the main report and an annex.

In response to the newly released documents and Gabbard’s public statements, Brennan said, “Tulsi Gabbard, she may be impaired on the ethics front, certainly, but she’s not impaired on the intellect front. And so I can only presume that she is doing this intentionally, intentionally mischaracterizing, misrepresenting, and lying about what she has found.”

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Brennan has faced renewed scrutiny over his role in the Russia investigation and the broader handling of intelligence during the transition period following the 2016 election.

The new declassifications build on earlier disclosures made by then Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe in 2020, including Brennan’s handwritten notes from a July 2016 briefing with President Obama and a related CIA referral to the FBI.

As Director of National Intelligence, Gabbard has stated that transparency is essential to restoring credibility to the intelligence community and ensuring that political bias does not influence future assessments.