The Left's Corrupting Of Intelligence Agencies Border On Cultish

The Trump administration promptly ordered the firing of roughly 100 federal employees whom whistleblowers exposed for turning the nation's intelligence agencies into "a cult that was hellbent on pushing gender ideology," creating "a counterintelligence risk" that is "going to get people killed in the field." 

The employees produced messages from an online forum dedicated to government work items in which agents promoted transgender surgery, sexual fetishes and polyamory, while cheering the death of evangelical leader Pat Robertson.

"They hate capitalism. They hate Christians. They're always espousing socialist and Marxist beliefs," said one of the two insiders at the National Security Agency (NSA).

Two NSA employees, one still with the agency, turned over screenshots of numerous explicit online messages from the Interlink messaging program designed for the U.S. intelligence community's professional activities. Some of the messages -- written by employees of a wide range of federal intelligence services -- discussed the sexual benefits of having one's genitals removed, disowning family members who expressed opposition to gender ideology, and "ethical non-monogamy."

The intelligence agencies, intended to investigate national security threats, became infested with hives of like-minded activists who used their perch in the sensitive government agencies to promote their views at taxpayers' expense. "According to the current NSA employee, these groups 'spent all day' recruiting activists and holding meetings with titles such as 'Privilege,' 'Ally Awareness,' 'Pride,' and 'Transgender Community Inclusion,'" revealed investigative journalists Christopher Rufo and Hannah Grossman, who published many of the messages that fell into their hands.

Several employees discussed the physical euphoria they experienced after having transgender "bottom surgery," which attempts to transform healthy male anatomy into faux female genitalia. "Mine is everything," wrote one intelligence agent, who dubbed the surgery "100000000% worth it ... I would not change anything if I had to do it again."

An employee at the Defense Intelligence Agency recounted that "one of the weirdest things that gives me euophoria is when" he urinates.

"I've found that I like being penetrated (never liked it before GRS [so-called Gender Reconstructive Surgery, or genital mutilation]), but all the rest is just as important as well," another message stated.

Some intelligence employees fetishized cross-sex hormone injections. One NSA employee said he wanted to develop large breasts; "I want proportions that would give me back pain," he said. One message said, "Look, I just enjoy helping other people experience [breasts]."

Long discussions mulled the propriety of increasingly non-biological pronouns. An employee at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) insisted that, if someone asks you to use dehumanizing it/its pronouns, or foul language long used as slurs, "refusing to is a form of erasure." 

One such individual made a self-introduction on the chat forum: "It/its user here. While I understand we can make some people uncomfortable, keep in mind that the dehumanizing aspect either a) doesn't apply or b) is a positive effect when we're requesting it." Other chat participants used "xe/they" and "they/them" pronouns in their bios. 

The message boards often devolved into discussions of polyamory and "gangbangs," the whistleblowers revealed. One NGA employee attempted to explain the ponderous relationships of members of a "polycule," a group of people who engage in "polyamory," or open relationships: "A is my [girlfriend], and B-G are her partners. . . . then B&C are dating but not C&D, nor E, F, or G with any of the others, though there are several MWB (metas-with-benefits) connections. LOL." The casual sex habits of "polycule" members get so tangled that "in some cases not all members have even an idea who the others are."

Employees were constantly trying to "one-up" one another with how pro-trans they were and how deviant their practices had become, said a whistleblower.

Rufo recoiled when The New York Times described the messages as containing "sexual themes" in its coverage of the story. "The chat messages contained more than 'sexual themes.' They weren't discussing symbolism in Madame Bovary," noted Rufo on Wednesday.

Federal intelligence agencies spent numerous messages on the government message board expressing political opinions, particularly demonizing their perceived political enemies.

Several entries in 2022 celebrated the death of Pat Robertson, evangelist, 1988 Republican presidential hopeful, and decades-long host of "The 700 Club."

"The gates of hell opened up to let him in," said one.

"He's dead. Good," said another.

"This is a recurring theme in the NSA chatrooms: hatred against Christians, conservatives, Italians, and heterosexuals. One intelligence officer even casts aspersions on his own grandmother," said Rufo, an investigative journalist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute known for his tireless opposition to critical race theory.

"MAJOR housecleaning is needed," replied Elon Musk.

A separate message from September 2022 celebrated the "good news" that the social media platform then known as Twitter suspended Libs of TikTok (Chaya Raichik), whom one poster falsely accused of "inciting violence against hospitals." One poster said the account's founder "is such a f****** monster. I'm embarrassed that she is a Jew."

Intelligence agency employees also targeted Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro, saying he "constantly spouts hate speech" and stating that "any Jew who says Judeo-Christian without any irony as much as Ben Shapiro does should be expelled from the tribe." Another made a blanket statement that her fellow Americans of Irish and Italian descent are "terrible people." Still another denounced his or her "homophobic" uncle.

Others attempted to rally opposition to President Donald Trump's political appointees. A member of U.S. Space Command said of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying, "I hope the [Republican] senators will come to their senses on RFK and not confirm him." Another poster derided RFK Jr. as an "em-brainwormed person."

Some branded Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as "a Russian agent" who is "fervently anti-queer." They also insulted Gabbard's religious beliefs, saying, "She belongs to a cult. 2 if you count MAGA." One claims "a lot" of Trump appointees "are troublesome to my prospects of continued existence along with the continued existence of a lot of people I care about."

Such uses of the intelligence agencies' message boards violate their terms of employment, one agency stated. "All NSA employees sign agreements stating that publishing non-mission related material on Interlink is a usage violation and will result in disciplinary action," an NSA press official told Rufo.

Yet, Rufo wrote in City Journal that there are "at least hundreds of gender activists within the intelligence services who cannot distinguish between male and female, and who believe that discussing castration, polyamory, and 'gangbangs' is an appropriate use of public resources."

"There are over 100 people across the intelligence community who participated in this. ... I put out a directive today that they all will be terminated, and their security clearances will be revoked," Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told Fox News host Jesse Watters Tuesday night.

But the problem went much deeper, she said. "This is just barely scratching the surface. ... They were brazen in using an NSA platform intended for professional use to conduct this kind of really, really horrific behavior. And they were brazen in doing this, because when was the last time anyone was really held accountable?" she asked.

"Today's action in holding these individuals accountable is just the beginning of what we're seeing across the Trump administration, which is carrying out the mandate the American people gave him: Clean house, root out that rot and corruption and weaponization and politicization so we can start to rebuild that trust in these institutions that are charged with an important mission of serving the American people, ensuring our safety, security, and freedom," Gabbard concluded.

The continual left-wing recruitment is the culmination of decades of Democratic presidents' decisions to open the intelligence agencies to increasingly niche, radical activists. President Bill Clinton allowed members of the LGBTQ movement to have access to classified information when he signed Executive Order 12968 in 1995. 

The Obama administration began openly recruiting such activists no later than 2012. Michael Barber, program manager of the CIA's LGBT Community Outreach and Liaison, co-hosted a recruiting event with the Miami-Dade Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The Biden administration posted ads for intelligence agents who identified as LGBTQ.

An NSA whistleblower told Rufo the cultural arrangements began a decade ago, under then-President Barack Obama. Slowly, the niche events and discussions overtook the entire organization. An employee "could be hired as a mathematician, a staff officer, or system engineer, but you would spend your time going to these events and having meetings all day about it. They got themselves into position to help craft policy and started pushing the idea that if you want to get promoted, you have to participate in these events."

"And then everything became Pride," the whistleblower said. "It was like a cult that was hellbent on pushing gender ideology."

There are only "a very small number of them, but they wield an enormous amount of power. And outside of the sick stuff, you also see a prevalent Marxist philosophy," said the whistleblower. "They hate capitalism. They hate Christians. They're always espousing socialist and Marxist beliefs."

The intelligence agency employees abused those who objected to their radical activism by engaging in cancel culture. "They just got hammered. They would just start coming out with 'transphobe' and 'homophobe' right away or calling you a 'racist.' And that's why a lot of folks are still hesitant to say anything, because you still have people at these agencies in those key spots. It infected everything," said a whistleblower.

The activism impacted national security. Analysts sometimes refused to write complete and accurate reports on America's adversaries, because they may have to use to use that person's "dead name," the name they used before identifying as transgender. "The folks that are into this don't put their effort into their work. I don't care if you're politically left or right; you can't have an unbiased mind if you're writing a report, and you're constantly focused on 'how does this apply to gender ideology," the whistleblower said. "When you do that, it's going to get people killed in the field."

"The folks like that were quite unstable. I see it as a counterintelligence risk. But it's being normalized and it's being praised," said the whistleblower. "I hope this is the start of getting our intel agencies back to what they should be doing, which is focused on intel and supporting the warfighter."

Originally published at The Washington Stand