Summarised by Centrist
In the US, a whistleblower has claimed that the National Security Agency (NSA), the US government’s electronic surveillance and codebreaking agency, has been infiltrated by radical gender activists.
In response, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard ordered an investigation, demanding that participants be identified, fired, and stripped of security clearances.
The controversy arose after City Journal exposed an NSA sex chatroom filled with explicit discussions of genital surgeries and fetishes.
The whistleblower claims this is only the surface of a deeper issue that has been brewing for a decade. Activist groups have embedded themselves in positions of power, forcing intelligence officers into “reeducation” trainings and pressuring them to prioritise gender ideology over national security.
Analysts have even refused to report adversaries’ real names, fearing they might be “deadnaming” them. “It’s like a cult,” the whistleblower said, describing how dissenting voices are shut down with accusations of transphobia or racism.
This ideology, according to the whistleblower, has degraded intelligence work, with some agents more focused on gender activism than protecting the country. “When you do that, it’s going to get people killed in the field,” they warned. The problem extends beyond identity politics, with many of these activists also embracing Marxist and anti-capitalist views.
Despite Gabbard’s order, the whistleblower doubts the agency will fully comply, given how deeply embedded the activists have become.
