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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has referred
two intelligence community officials to the Department of Justice for criminal
prosecution for alleged leaks of classified information, according to a report
released Wednesday.
According to an ODNI official, the individuals are accused
of leaking sensitive information to the Washington Post and the New York Times.
A third criminal referral is reportedly on its way to the Department of
Justice, Fox News Digital exclusively reported.
The official stated that other officials and members of the
intelligence community should take the criminal referral for leaks as a
warning.
“The politicization of our intelligence and the leaking of
classified information put our nation’s security at risk and must stop,”
Gabbard told Fox News Digital. “Those who leak classified information will be
found and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.”