Good grief. I cannot believe people actually believed this story as presented. Yes, the CIA is sketchy; however, no, the CIA did not raid the office of the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, taking boxes of JFK and MK Ultra files.
Oliva Coleman is Tulsi Gabbard’s spokesperson. The story is fake news.
[SOURCE]
Was there friction and opposition within the CIA to DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s office, yes. However, John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard have been working together for almost a year to address the Machiavellian network that operates in the shadows, and they have had remarkable success.
It’s highly likely former CIA embeds were doing some unauthorized surveillance of DNI Gabbard as she came into office. Obviously, she was a threat to their position and influence. However, through a methodical approach at addressing the politically motivated embeds within the entire Intelligence Community, including the CIA, DNI Gabbard has been successful in eliminating most of the corrupt actors.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe would never authorize or allow anything like what was being framed in that outlandish story. It simply did not happen.
I saw a You Tube video announcing this “raid”. I immediately turned to The Conservative Treehouse to find out what really happened….or didn’t happen.
Ask yourself, how would a non-law enforcement agency “raid” and take documents. They would need Marshalls and a court order. Fake news.
…uhhh, the Watergate break-in?
Into the ODNI offices? Not likely. This isn’t some hotel being used by a political party.
That wasn’t a “raid,” that was a burglary done under cover of night.
Apples to oranges.
Read some history. And not Wikipedia either.
I reccomend;
The Real Watergate Scandal: Collusion, Conspiracy, and the Plot That Brought Nixon Down Hardcover – Illustrated, August 3, 2015by Geoff Shepard (Author)
Staffers were acting as burglars and hoping to never get caught. They were not part of an government agency.
Cubans who wanted the US to nuke Castro. JFK refused.
Yeah YouTube always pushes anti Trump breaking news despite my algorithm not having ANY news channels because I don’t search for it. It’s like a unique line of code they have for the bad orange man.
Add fb to that pile of brainwashing. Just a guess but I’m sure there are many more platforms pushing the same TDS nonsense.
Me, too. What I found was there was no raid. And later the “news” confirmed Sundance’s reporting. Again.
Well that goes without saying. Wait, I just said it. And I agree. Thank you, Sundance!
We are inundated with “click bait”. For any presentation that comes up on my screen, I always look at the source, if posted, and avoid most, including the legacy media because “Hype” and “Scream” are their middle names. Usually it takes well into the article/video before the qualifier appear.
Now, ask yourself, in 2025-2026 why are these documents not digitized? Storing paper certainly seems foolish. Easier to take a thumb drive.
Hype and Scream is what keeps these purveyors of fake news in business since their “product “ contains nothing of value or substance.
They probably are digitized, but everyone still calls them documents.
From my experience your question of, “Why are these documents not digitized?” Two likely reasons.
Government agencies typically won’t spend money on something unless it’s something they Really want to do.
Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if that order to have that done was actually given But the people that would have to get off their butts to get it done just haven’t gotten around to doing it. No accountability.
For all we know, the CIA planted this crazy story as bait, and as part of a broader operation to discredit targeted media channels and assets, or to test them for further operations.
These people do very little out in the open.
Nevertheless, it’d be nice to have concrete examples, i.e., as much ID information as possible, of the “remarkable success” the two Directors have had working together, Nowut Ameen; actually, the ID’ing of “sources and methods” should not be a fallback position of evasion as they have potentially compromised themselves by working against a duly elected and installed Administration of Donald J. Trump; IOW, let them twist in the wind.
Fox is not news, it is propaganda. A person has to have quite a bit of spare time to be able to watch it.
It is much easier to spend your time on places like the Treehouse that don’t need as much discernment to figure out what is true.
And it is less painful to force needles under your fingernails than to watch F
AUOX news.Or any broadcast “news” for that matter!
But the “leak” got posted here too. Someone was lurking wanted to sabotage this website too.
Did that leak of this story here ..get scrubbed by today? But reading it here sent me on a trust but verify mission.
Or maybe, Tulsi is smoking out leakers. Trump does that a lot. Tell different groups different things, whatever comes out in the media is your leaker. Well played Tulsi…
The proper term is ‘planted’, not ‘leaked’. Has anyone noticed the fact that everyone who has ever worked for Fox (currently or in the past)) is now compromised? Makes me think that you can check out, but never leave.
Is Paul Ryan still on the FOX board?
I would really like to Jesse to tell us how he verified that BS before spouting out the lie during his prime time slot.
That was pretty MSNOW Jesse.
Just sayin’…….
Spot on! I rarely, if ever, watch Fox anymore. I NEVER watch MSNow (formerly BSNBC), CNN (Clinton NoNews Network) or The View. It nauseates me when I read or hear second hand anything that those lying , fake news outlets are spewing across the fruited plain. It’s absolutely disgusting and ridiculous some of the sewer spillage that comes from their mouths!
Maybe he was relying upon an AI feed for his source.
“Alexa, give me a bombshell story about secret files and stuff – I go live in five minutes. And run it through Siri to proofread.”
I would like Jesse to devote his whole hour to the autopsy, naming names, sources, all the people on his staff that could, but did not, check it out. And if Top Dog Jessee was culprit # 1, he’s got to resign because credibility is shottttttt!
I’m very disappointed in Jesse. Has he gone Tucker on us?
Maybe he’s gone all Juicy Smoolay on us.
Jesse is just following orders. Fortunately we have Sundance to fact check the deceptions and expose operation Mockingbird.
Anna Paulina Luna first said it. Would a Congress Critter lie to us? Haha.
Watters does not mean well 🙂
The boy does not suffer from a lack of ego strength and has quite a few hangups about his male identity, but it’s the New York City attitude that bothers me the most. Seems like the country west of the Hudson River is full of rubes.
Reminds me of Bob Dylan….. ‘should be made to wear a telephone’
As ever, THANK YOU for a touch of truth and sanity, Sundance!
Amen!
Sundance, I’m very glad to hear that, because it was incredible to hear that story. Had it been true, to me it would have been an act of civil war emanating from within the government itself. And given everything that has gone on with the Clowns in Action in recent years, this was actually believable. That’s the amount of goodwill and credibility they have left.
And boom…malignant political pot stirring.
Interesting timing for this whatever its supposed to be and its intent. On the first full day of President Trump’s consequential China trip?
Sounds like, feels like something a drunk enemedia intern or two would think clever. Because I’d hate to think this was the dangerous work of some anonymous TDS infected CIA embed.
It was believable, dear sir.
Dangerously so.
Yes, well said Betsy. This sounds like something from the ‘Animal House’ toga party!
Now that we know it was false, WD. However, given that that agency is an open book past and present, we know they have no constraints. Disease ridden rats cornered and all that…
And yes, I think they are that close to completing a crossing of a Rubicon they are already more than halfway through.
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This administration has been surprisingly disciplined with minimal leaks compared to just about any previous administration (including Trump 45). Most “breathtaking latest leak” stories these days are anonymous innuendo or at best, a sore loser on his/her way out. JB does claim that are many lesions in the government. He may be exaggerating this. William O’Keefe seems to be successful at ratting out many of these fellows on hidden camera. 🤭
I always look at the source in order to help ascertain veracity and to see who is pushing an agenda. NYT, WP, Stephanopoulos, an angry NEOCON, etc.
‘James’ O’Keefe?
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The source is the first thing that I look at to determine if it’s even worth the time reading.
if one is cynical and believes that the bad guys will get away with anything and everything — Comey, Fauci, Hillary, Evelyn Farkas, Mary McCord, Ruemller, Strocz Page, Obama, Xiden, etc etc etc etc etc — then this story is entirely believable.
For me it was more a case of suspecting rogue elements at the CIA were trying to engineer a showdown. There are a lot of powerful people getting scrutiny right now and as James O’Keefe just exposed the other day, there are still operatives within the White House working against our President.
Of course, if someone had said a vast swath of the country would still be deifying Anthony Fauci and fine with getting Covid “vaccines”, I wouldn’t have believed that.
Is Jesse Waters an idiot? It seems his name comes up a lot, and not in a good way.
Jesse seems to be overly concerned with making a name for himself by being first with breaking news. That leads to sloppy journalism even though he presents an opinion show, not news. Fact checking before going with the story should be the norm.
On the face of it the story was nonsense. What ever happened to healthy skepticism?
Going the way of Tucker. What a shame!
He’s trying to be the new O’Reilly with a splash of beat reporter. He tweaked the end of his show by reading “Text” messages, similar to how O’Reilly would read “Pithy Emails”. They run the same schtick over and over and over.
Newsmax is wondering what happened.
Goes to show I cannot believe anything from any source.
That is why we are all here!
Read the Bible. That will help. It’s never misled or disappointed me yet.
“Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.”
Rev 1:3
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“It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.”
Psalms 118:8
So the cia didn’t “raid”……
Tulsi Gabbard’s office……
but they took 40 boxes……
of JFK and MKUltra info……????
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/13/report-cia-takes-jfk-assassination-mkultra-files-tulsi-gabbard/
thassalottaboxes
Sundance clarifies by stating the spokesperson for Tulsi Gabbard has said the story is untrue. It did not happen.
Another case of fake news being bought and sold to the public before facts can be established and verified.
That’s what sells and eager, itching ears are eager to pay for it.
“People from the CIA took documents (related to the JFK assassination/MKUltra) from the National Reconnaissance Office *last year* in the middle of the night during the government shutdown,” Pavlich continued, adding that the files had reportedly still not been returned.
“Clarification,” Luna wrote in another post on X. “Took documents that ODNI has jurisdiction over. Also, this did not happen today & was not a ‘raid’ however it did take place and we are just being made aware of it based on reporting etc.”
Wasn’t a “raid”……….?
Happened last year……..?
Didn’t happen at all……?
There is no way Ms. Gabbard would leave boxes and boxes of still-classified documents just laying about her office.
BB is supermarket tabloid material and turned so during the run up to the 2016 election. They hid it well for a while, but it’s not even worth checking in there. They can’t even spell or run spell check over there.
Mixed in with Epstein files a page or two of Rose law firm, a smattering of Pentagon papers along with Lightbringers birth certificates, s is not an error, notarized of course. Healthy skepticism is the best tonic for mindful health.
Interesting. What is even more interesting is why those category of documents were at NRO. As they have nothing to do with NRO.
Awaiting declassification……????
Wait a dog gone minute! I just watched, heard the whistleblower tell the committee that it was done. Are you saying he was only relaying a story on Fox? Does this mean he was lying to the committee? I’m all confused at this point. Was his testimony true or false?
Clarification, (for what it’s worth):
https://x.com/KatiePavlich/status/2054738165252956207
This is from an embedded link in ed357’s breitbart link above.
Which all points back to who leaked this and provided such specificity as to say 40 boxes?
And why exactly was this leaked during a high stakes meeting in China with Xi?
Curiouser and curiouser.
The whistleblower whose testimony is posted below by Sundance didn’t say it was a raid but that a CIA person took 40 boxes. Can’t see how the story can be false, well the raid might be a stretch, or he misspoke. Which is it?
Is the phony raid story a way to deflect and discredit the taking the boxes story?
BTW, Weren’t the CIA boxes on JFK supposed to be released some time ago? And wouldn’t that be a blatant disobedience to the President’s order?
I see your point about the raid story being told to deflect from the testimony but, this article says its fake news that boxes were taken and I just watched an CIA agent in committee say that boxes were taken by an CIA agent. Why? He didn’t say and nobody asked. By the way, there were no democrats at the hearing which means they didn’t like what he had to ssay and, yes, I’m sure media is running fake news around it.
I think it’s meant to discredit beyond the boxes story.
There are so many layers of deceit and misdirection that it’s almost like listening to a conversation in a foreign language. I come to CTH to get translations.
What if Tulsi approved and released those boxes and the “raid” story is meant to draw attention to them?
I don’t believe it credible that DNI Gabbard would do that as President Trump is engaging in a huge summit in China with Xi currently.
This trip to China is being covered extensively so releasing the “raid” story would not garner as much attention as it would at almost any other time.
The DS has been hellbent to discredit DNI Gabbard and floated stories of her being removed soon by President Trump. I definitely believe there is a DS angle to this to either take coverage from the huge China trip or to imply the IC has supremacy over Gabbard. Perhaps both.
Don’t forget former CIA Chief Brennan’s not so subtle recent threat that there are legions within the IC fighting against President Trump and his administration.
That suits me fine so long as Tulsi approved the release of those “40.”
I saw that on Jesse Watters and immediately went to CTH and didn’t see anything. Sundance is my immediate go to for these “breaking news stories”. Thanks for keeping me sane!!!
So suppose what role Waters plays.
I saw it as well. And I came here as well. I was certain it was a lie.
Desperate people do desperate things. This fake story is good news
UPDATE KatiePavlichNNat 10 pm et on NewsNation.
I just spoke to an Intelligence official who told me the following:
-The documents were not taken today and it was not a raid on DNI Gabbard’s office
-People from the CIA took documents (related to the JFK assassination/MKUltra) from the National Reconnaissance Office *last year* in the middle of the night during the government shutdown and have not returned/is withholding them from ODNI
-Because the CIA is withholding these documents, they cannot be declassified and scanned for public release
-“The CIA doesn’t think they answer to anyone.”
-“I doubt [CIA Director] Ratcliffe knew about it”
9:38 PM · May 13, 2026
Edina…….This makes the most sense….but it still begs the question of timing.
Someone got caught with her pants down.
Think before you tweet next time, Ms. Luna.
Really? They received documents and didn’t scan them in to their systems immediately??? That would have been the first thing I would have done. Want something to never go away? Make it electronic and ensure it’s part of the government documents network. Nothing there ever truly disappears.
“…DNI Gabbard has been successful in eliminating most of the corrupt actors.” Now, that’s funny! If you believe that, I’ve got some lovely waterfront property in South Florida for sale. (Swamp.)
How would we know if it was true or not?
To see the wood for the trees!
I. Prelude
Dr. David M. Morens (78), a NIAD senior advisor to Director Dr. Anthony Fauci from 2006 through 2022 was indicted for concealing federal records during COVID-19 pandemic. If convicted, Morens faces multiple counts, including conspiracy against the U.S. and destruction of records in a federal investigation lead by FBI and HHS-OIG and prosecuted by AUSAMD . Joseph R. Baldwin and Bijon A. Mostoufi [1].
II. HSGA Chair Rand Paul subpoenaed James E. Erdmann III (CIA Senior Operational Officer) to blow the whistle on the COVID-19 coverup in yesterday’s publicly hearing [2].
III. Key wording of Erdmann’s testemony [3]
Last year, the CIA
“took back 40 boxes of JFK and MKUltra files and illegally monitored the computer and phone usage of DIG personnel, their investigations, and contact with whistleblowers. These were Americans being spied upon illegally while executing duties directed by the president and under the authority of the DNI.”
Notably, MKUltra was an illegal CIA experiment program that used drugs and psychological torture to develop mind control and interrogation techniques.
IV. How does the CIA’s alleged illegal monitoring of COVID-19 investigators affect us?
It aligns with broader concerns about transparency and accountability in government agencies. This includes recent investigations into missing and dead scientists, which have raised suspicions of potential foreign operations targeting U.S. researchers.
V. What implications do Morens’ charges have for public trust?
It could severely impact public trust in health authorities and transparency during the pandemic. If proven, this abuse of trust may lead to skepticism regarding the handling of scientific data and government accountability in crisis situations, potentially affecting future public health responses.
[1] Office of Public Affairs | Former Senior NIAID Official Indicted for Concealing Federal Records During COVID-19 Pandemic | United States Department of Justice
[2] Whistleblower Testimony on the COVID Coverup – Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
[3] Luna threatens subpoena after whistleblower says CIA seized JFK files
So… what are we to think of Jesse Waters and Fox News? 🥸
Think they are trying to get ahead of the story without due diligence.
In other words, typical “journalism” of today.
Yep!
Running false stories to aid the bad part within the CIA?
Spit
Is this a test of how quickly fake news is accepted and put forth as true even by conservative leaning news media without fact checking by going directly to the parties involved?
Both Jesse Watters and Gateway Pundit ran with the story.
So did Newsmax.
If the fake new lies, but no one sees it, does it matter?
“DNI Gabbard has been successful in eliminating most of the corrupt actors.”
Good News.
From your keyboard to God’s ear, may it be true!
“… in her office.”
There, I fixed it for you.
CIA operatives are imbedded everywhere, both in and outside of government.
Every major university has one or two recruiters posing as ‘professors’.
In the world of Trump, I’d believe it was manufactured to out the backstabbing. And fox may know this. Understand this corruption is embedded everywhere. I mean everywhere. And my understanding is China funds huge amounts of it. You think Soros is all alone? Democrats are not “democrats” and many republicans are sold out also.
When you see school boards pushing evil, you have to see the pushers. They are sold on evil, packaged in a cool package of “enlightenment” funded by someone, China seems convenient.
Part of brennan’s “legion of traitors.”
I’ll defer to Sundance on this incident, but thinking that the CIA and its legions of rogue actors would not do such a thing is inconsistent with their monstrous history of assassination, regime change, drug trafficking, mind bending and torture refinement. Taking documents from the bosses desk? Yup. No problem.
Well it all really points to the real problems: We the people can’t trust our government, The government can’t trust the government, and the world can’t trust our government.
I mean are you missing the still bald faced lawbreaking the fits with Brennans latest declaration.
DC and the agencies that run it ignore the law with impunity even now.
I went to bed last night shaking my head not believing this story. Woke up and you confirmed it. Sundance, I’ve been here since 2015, it’s amazing what I’ve learned in 11 years. Cheers.
Laura Loomer is fake news. What a punk she is. Imagine making your life about rumors – she’s a grifter.
Yeah sure the CIA raided the boss’ office and NO ONE knew about it until someone mining their business saw a ransacked office with boxes all over the place. I mean Hollywood would not take that script due to its fantasyland nature. People! Get it together!
I am a firm believer that people fall for this stuff because they’re mentally lazy and do not know how things work. This story is akin to James Comey minding his business, walking on the beach in a nice day and SUDDENLY finding a rock and shell formation that references law enforcement and political references numbers. What are the odds? Oh strange world….*rolling eyes*
>> CIA Director John Ratcliffe would never authorize or allow anything like what was being framed in that outlandish story.
Ratcliffe might never allow anything like that. But how much control does ANYONE have over the thousands of rogue actors that make up the CIA? They are not ALL rogue actors, but there certainly are some.
Ratcliffe has much less control over the CIA structure than most people think.
I’ve said it for many years: It has been dipped in zany comedy screenwriting and gags to obscure the underlying message, but the 1979 Peter Falk movie, “The In-Laws”, paints a more accurate picture of The Firm than many realize.
Many operators in the field have very little oversight, and some go off in directions that Langley can’t always see.
I laughed when I saw this story.
No, the CIA did not “raid” the DNI’s office. That’s just a little too obvious.
But CIA operatives have been known to secretly break and enter into places, to either spy, or sometimes as part of a broader operation. See, Watergate.
Those events are either known of by Langley … or sometimes rogue. It’s a self-funded and compartmentalized, decentralized Frankenstein organization at many points.
But they don’t do “raids” like a van of FBI thugs.
I believe the “embed outbreak” version. Kind of like herpes. DNI is 3.3 statute miles from CIA and was staffed primarily by Lanley denizens at start up. I’d guess that pockets of resistance remain in some form. 3-letter agencies used to be able to use DNI as a TDY assignment, needed for career advancement. Very common.
Well, it certainly appears as if Jesse Watters, Ana Paulina Luna and Lauren Boebert outed themselves as fools….or worse. It’s not really surprising with regard to any of those Swamp Creatures.
And, as usual, Sundance proved to be the always reliable source of truth.
Thank you Sundance.
Thanks again SD for setting the record straight.
It seemed like a long shot and pretty sketchy when this broke late yesterday. However, the ‘Agency’ itself is pretty sketchy, so one never knows.
Isn’t there a report Representative Luna demanded the files back? Where did this aspect of the story come from?
The “72 hour rule” for the win again. For any story that sounds crazy, wait 72 hours to let the facts roll out.
Well, it is everywhere!
As always Sundance can see around corners.
Thank you, Sundance
Just a thought since we have learned to wait for truth and not trust “breaking news”, is there an effort to get rid of Jesse?
I probably won’t expand since it’s my gut.
Was this a Rupert Murdoch stunt?
Watters. Sure. Remember Arizona!!
Can’t read all the comments, and I am sure someone mentioned it already, but it sure sounds to me like someone deliberately burned Jesse Waters by feeding him a false story knowing he would run with it, it would immediately be proven false, and he would lose all his credibility. If Waters had any guts at all he would now burn the guy who burned HIM by naming him publicly.
Dox the guy who burned you and everyone who “confirmed” it.
Never use John Brennan as a source,
So, nothing to see here? I was under the impression, per Brennan, that there were legions of embeds in the IC undermining this administration. This denial without explanation is as suspect as the original story.
However, were the JFK and MKUltra files removed from the ODNI by the CIA. That part of the story I am focused on.
CIA Plant Story, meat to sow confusion on later releases. END STORY
There was a hint of maybe something considering the CIA statement on
the whistleblower being in that hearing earlier. fox seemed to react to the point of maybe trying to verify the story.. After an hour I checked CTH and it was pretty much quiet except for a few inquiries in the comments.wq1
I watch Jesse Watters every night, but mostly just for the first 10 minutes. I’m sure he’s getting tired of splitting the screen with the repetitive black & white exploding bomb loops. I do believe he is a strong Trump supporter and has informed guests. I trust he comes completely clean about this. No blaming, no victim, just “I apologize. I got hasty and didn’t follow protocol, I wont do that again.” Full stop.
I would like to see him tone his attitude down though. Constantly using the “gay ayatollah” slur and mocking the ayatollah’s severe injuries is unnecessary and doesnt resonate well if we’re supposed to be the decent ones.
Lots of reasons to believe this – nothing is accidental