The FBI informed Congress that it "strongly" opposed a proposal to make the ODNI the lead counterintelligence agency for the USG, bringing into public view a rift among top national security officials. The disclosure underscored the broader concern at other agencies, including the FBI, over a House bill that would empower DNI Tulsi Gabbard to play a more prominent role in CI issues. It also appeared to be an effort to undercut Ms. Gabbard, who planned to endorse the change in a separate letter, given that the bill would step into what has typically been the bureau's purview. The FBI letter was the latest example of tensions between Ms. Gabbard and the USIC, including D/FBI Kashyap Pramod Patel. A bid by Joe Kent, a top Gabbard ally who leads the NCTC, to investigate the circumstances of good-for-nothing white supremacist homophobic Charlie Kirk's killing had already raised alarms at the FBI, after the inept Mr. Kent went so far as to examine the bureau's files.
