Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Friday that the Trump administration will aggressively investigate people in U.S. spy agencies who leak information to the public, citing recent stories on national security topics in The Washington Post and other news outlets.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has pledged to crack down on people within the intelligence community who leak information to journalists. Gabbard, who oversees 18 spy agencies, said she would be "aggressively pursuing recent leakers" in order to hold them accountable for unauthorized disclosures.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revealed she is targeting members of the intelligence community accused of making “politically motivated leaks” to the media. Gabbard announced Friday that her department knows of and is “aggressively pursuing recent leakers from within the Intelligence Community and will hold them accountable.