Did Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Just Make a Major Move to End the Weaponization of Government Against Americans?

By The Blog Source

Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence, has declassified a Biden-era strategy for fighting domestic terrorism that was first created in the wake of the Capitol incident on January 6.

America First Legal (AFL) requested that Tulsi Gabbard make public the Biden administration's Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism. AFL said in its letter that the Biden administration had "weaponized" intelligence services to stifle internet dissent.

"We are already on this...to bring transparency and accountability to end the weaponization of our intelligence community," Gabbard wrote in a post on X on April 5th, publicly thanking AFL and promising to keep revealing instances of government abuse.

Four main objectives were specified in the now-declassified 15-page strategy, which was created in June 2021: intelligence sharing, preventing radicalization, disrupting terrorist activity, and addressing long-term causes. Additionally, it supported liberal policy objectives such as increased civics education, gun control, and voter turnout.

Only a few months after the Capitol riots on January 6, the plan—officially known as the Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism—was created. In an April 2nd letter to Gabbard, AFL charged that the Biden administration was targeting internet political speech under the guise of national security. The AFL contended that it is harmful to label such communication as "misinformation," "disinformation," "hate speech," or even "domestic terrorism."

In a post on X on April 5, Gabbard, who has frequently denounced the political weaponization of intelligence services, responded. She wrote to AFL, saying, "Thank you for your work." We are already working on declassifying this and other instances of the government using its power against Americans.

The 15-page declassified plan outlines four main goals: improving domestic terrorism intelligence sharing, preventing radicalization and recruitment, thwarting planned violence, and addressing broader socioeconomic factors that contribute to alleged extremism. However, a number of the document's clauses have generated debate.

One part of the plan calls for "executive and legislative action," including fresh efforts to outlaw high-capacity magazines and so-called assault weapons, which are long-standing Democratic Party policy objectives. Concerns over surveillance and business collaboration with federal agencies are raised by its encouragement of collaborations with private tech and industry companies to exchange information about domestic terror risks.

Other sections focus on cultural and educational initiatives. To develop "resiliency to disinformation," the strategy suggests expanding "civics education" and "literacy education" for both adults and children. Additionally, it urges "advancing inclusion in the nation's COVID-19 response" and increasing election turnout by recruiting impartial poll workers and doing civic outreach.

When the original approach was announced in 2021, even the American Civil Liberties Union allegedly criticized it, stating that the government's domestic terrorism framework represented "ever-expanding authority to surveil and monitor American communities."

Under her direction, Gabbard's decision to declassify the document marks a significant turn toward transparency and paves the way for future revelations on the Biden administration's domestic surveillance and speech-monitoring initiatives.

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