The official website of the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) appears to have been taken down over the weekend.
“Pardon our dust, under construction,” read a message on the ODNI website’s homepage as of Monday afternoon. The message appears to have first replaced the site’s main page sometime on May 10, 2025.
All links to information that appeared on previous versions of the site appear to be broken, and now return 404 errors.
Earlier this year, a posting that appeared on the ODNI site in February, accompanied by the same “under construction” placeholder imagery, stated that “The ODNI Office of Strategic Communications is working to bring you a new and improved ODNI.GOV user experience,” advising visitors “to check back here for the latest updates on our progress.”
The posting from February was still accessible on archived versions of the ODNI site made available through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.
According to previous versions of the website, the ODNI’s stated mission is to “lead intelligence integration and forge an intelligence community that delivers the most insightful intelligence possible. “
The ODNI leads the U.S. intelligence community (IC) in its efforts to integrate all the intelligence it obtains, synchronizing the collection and analysis of information from across 18 IC agencies. The Office’s efforts help refine the intelligence obtained by the U.S., ensuring that policymakers can access the most complete intelligence available regarding national security issues.
Periodically, the ODNI releases special reports on the IC’s investigations into a range of timely issues. These have included U.S. intelligence on the origins of COVID-19, potential foreign threats to U.S. elections, and even a report on the IC’s investigations into what the U.S. military now calls unidentified anomalous phenomena, objects traditionally known as UFOs.
Presently, none of the past reports or other information made available by the ODNI on its website can be accessed since it was taken down over the weekend.
In February, former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee for Director of National Intelligence, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 52-48 vote despite what some lawmakers deemed to be her lack of experience regarding U.S. intelligence.
Gabbard had also been subjected to criticism during confirmation hearings over her past positions on Edward Snowden, as well as autocratic leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Earlier this year, sensitive U.S. intelligence related to air strikes in Yemen was unintentionally shared with the Editor in Chief of The Atlantic in a Signal chat group to which Gabbard and other intelligence officials had been added.
Following the breach, DNI Gabbard appeared alongside CIA Director John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel during a House Intelligence Committee hearing, in which lawmakers scrutinized the IC leaders and other officials over their mishandling of sensitive national security information.
“This was not only sloppy, not only violated all procedures, but if this information had gotten out, American lives could have been lost,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va) said during the hearing.
No official statements regarding the status of the ODNI website appeared on the Office’s social media pages, including its official X account, which has not shown any activity since it reposted Sirius XM host Megyn Kelly’s promotion of an interview she conducted with Gabbard last month.
“This is what maximum transparency looks like,” read a portion of a posting by DNI Press Secretary Olivia Coleman on April 30, referencing the interview between Kelly and Gabbard.
The Debrief reached out to the ODNI asking about a timeline for when the site would be back online, but did not receive a response to our query as of the time of publication.
Micah Hanks is the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder of The Debrief. He can be reached by email at micah@thedebrief.org. Follow his work at micahhanks.com and on X: @MicahHanks.