{"id":69023,"date":"2026-06-23T08:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=69023"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:58:32","slug":"us-intelligence-chief-tulsi-gabbard-linked-to-cult-allegations-in-bombshell-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=69023","title":{"rendered":"<h2>US Intelligence Chief Tulsi Gabbard Linked to &#8216;Cult&#8217; Allegations in Bombshell Report<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69025\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-at-8.55.18-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-at-8.55.18-AM.png 582w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-at-8.55.18-AM-285x300.png 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A controversy emerged around former US intelligence chief\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tulsi-gabbard\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a>, with a major investigation claiming she maintained long-standing ties with a Hindu sect described by critics as a \u201ccult\u201d, as she stepped down from her senior national security role.<\/p>\n<p>A report by The Washington Post has detailed extensive communications between advisers linked to Gabbard and associates of Chris Butler, 78, the Hawaii-based founder of the &#8216;Science of Identity Foundation&#8217; (SIF), a new religious movement formed in the 1970s after breaking away from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The group is based in US and teaches a blend of yoga and elements of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/131896738.cms\">http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/131896738.cms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69030,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69023\/revisions\/69030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}