The deep state thought they could hide in plain sight forever.
Tulsi Gabbard had other plans.
And Tulsi Gabbard exposed one deep state operative with ties to Trump takedown that will leave you stunned.
Media rushes to protect exposed CIA operative with obvious lie
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard dropped a bombshell earlier this month that sent shockwaves through Washington, D.C.’s intelligence community.
She published the names of 37 current and former intelligence officials who would be stripped of their security clearances for "politicization, failure to protect classified information, violations of tradecraft and other detrimental conduct."¹
The list read like a who’s who of Trump’s biggest enemies in the intelligence apparatus.
But the Wall Street Journal rushed to Gabbard’s critics’ defense with a breathless report claiming she had "outed" an undercover CIA agent – a potentially deadly security breach that would be grounds for immediate removal.²
Here’s where the story gets interesting.
Senior intelligence sources told the Daily Mail a very different story about this supposedly "undercover" operative.
The agent in question wasn’t some covert spy whose life was now in danger.
She was Julia Gurganus, a well-known CIA analyst who had been speaking publicly at intelligence conferences and writing articles under her own name for years.
"Julia Gurganus was an overt analyst, not covert operative, at the National Intelligence Council," one senior intelligence source revealed to the Daily Mail.
"For years, she used her affiliation with the CIA and the Intelligence Community to write articles, speak on panels, join boards, etc."
Gurganus had deep ties to Trump-Russia investigation
But wait – it gets much better.
Gurganus wasn’t just any CIA analyst caught up in this security clearance purge.
She was directly involved in the 2016 Russia investigation that Democrats and their media allies used to torment Trump for years.
"Ms. Gurganus was a part of the IC’s analysis of the 2016 election from the Senate’s 2020 report," the intelligence source explained to the Daily Mail.
"In fact, Ms. Gurganus was not just involved, she actively oversaw the production of the now infamous and highly politicized 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment."
That 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment was the foundation for years of "Russia collusion" hysteria that nearly derailed Trump’s first presidency.
Another senior intelligence official told the Daily Mail that Gurganus had ties to the "deep state" and the intelligence releases "directly implicate her."
So let’s get this straight – the CIA operative that the Wall Street Journal is desperately trying to protect as some innocent "undercover" agent was actually one of the architects of the Trump-Russia witch hunt.
The timing is suspicious too.
According to the Daily Mail’s sources, Gurganus only went "undercover" in June – coincidentally right when the Office of the Director of National Intelligence began releasing documents about the 2016 Russia investigation.
"After 29 years, they put her undercover, why?" one senior intelligence official pointed out.
Liberal media tries to save deep state operatives from accountability
Look, here’s what’s really happening.
Gabbard is doing exactly what Trump voters elected her to do – cleaning house in the intelligence community that spent years trying to sabotage a sitting president.
The vast majority of officials on Gabbard’s list were involved in creating intelligence reports about Russia’s infiltration of the 2016 election or signed letters supporting Trump’s impeachment.
These weren’t neutral civil servants doing their jobs.
They were political operatives with security clearances who weaponized their positions against Trump.
And now that they’re facing consequences, the Wall Street Journal and other establishment media outlets are rushing to their defense with misleading stories about "outing undercover agents."
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence pushed back hard on the Wall Street Journal’s reporting.
"Director of National Intelligence Gabbard directed the revocations to ensure individuals who have violated the trust placed in them by weaponizing, politicizing, manipulating, or leaking classified intelligence are no longer allowed to do so," an ODNI spokeswoman said.
Gabbard’s deputy chief of staff called the Wall Street Journal report "false" on social media.
Two senior intelligence sources told the Daily Mail that the list’s release "was coordinated throughout the intelligence community and there were ‘zero concerns expressed by any of the agencies about the revocations.’"
The swamp is fighting back against accountability
You want to know what this really means?
For decades, unelected bureaucrats in the intelligence community have operated like they were above the law.
They leaked classified information to damage presidents they didn’t like.
They created phony intelligence assessments to justify investigations into political opponents.
They signed letters during election campaigns designed to influence voters.
And they never faced any real consequences because both parties in Washington, D.C. were cowards about taking them on.
Trump changed that equation by putting people like Tulsi Gabbard in charge.
Now these same operatives who spent years trying to destroy Trump are discovering that actions have consequences.
The liberal media’s hysterical response tells you everything you need to know about how effective Gabbard’s house-cleaning operation really is.
When the Wall Street Journal has to manufacture fake controversies about "outing undercover agents" to protect deep state operatives, you know the establishment is panicking.
This is exactly what draining the swamp looks like in practice.
And judging by the media’s meltdown, Gabbard is just getting started.
¹ Jon Michael Raasch, "CIA agent unmasked by Tulsi Gabbard has ‘deep state’ ties to Trump ‘Russiagate’ takedown attempt," Daily Mail, August 28, 2025.
² Ibid.
