Gabbard moves presidential daily intelligence brief staff from CIA to ODNI

The move comes after Gabbard, on Tuesday, also moved the National Intelligence Council from the CIA to ODNI. NIC, according to senior intelligence officials, has always been a DNI component." 

"It makes sense for them to be physically located at DNI," a CIA official told Fox News Digital. 

Another senior intelligence official pointed to Gabbard's confirmation hearing, in which she said her "priority was to deliver timely, accurate and actionable intelligence as the President's principal intelligence advisor." 

"The PDB staff and the NIC are the primary apparatus that feeds her this advisory material, so moving them physically closer gives her the best support," the official said. "In other words, having them in closer proximity gives her less lag time and faster responsiveness to fill that role as principal intelligence advisor." 

The official added: "Both moves are about providing the President more timely and actionable intelligence." 

The moves come as Gabbard has taken steps to root out leakers and alleged "deep state holdovers" who officials say are politicizing intelligence analysis and "trying to sabotage President Trump's agenda." 

So far, Gabbard has referred three intelligence community professionals to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution over alleged leaks of classified information. Fox News Digital first reported on those criminal referrals in April. 

An ODNI official at that time told Fox News Digital that the intelligence community professionals allegedly leaked classified information to the Washington Post and The New York Times. 

Fox News Digital, on Tuesday, exclusively reported that Gabbard had fired the top officials leading National Intelligence Council, whom whistleblowers described as "radically opposed to Trump."

Gabbard fired Mike Collins, who was serving as the acting chair of the National Intelligence Council, and his deputy, Maria Langan-Riekhof, Tuesday, senior intelligence officials told Fox News Digital.

Fox News Digital reached out Langan-Riekhof for comment and did not immediately hear back, and couldn't immediately find contact information for Collins. 

Collins also has whistleblower complaints against him for political bias and "deliberately undermining the incoming Trump administration," officials said.