Retired CIA officer Susan Miller — who repeatedly appeared in media interviews defending the now-exposed Russia collusion hoax — has reportedly had her high-level security clearance revoked. The decision follows the release of a bombshell declassified report in July from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, which placed responsibility for the false Trump-Russia narrative on former President Barack Obama and his national security team, led by then-CIA Director John Brennan.
According to Gabbard, Obama officials “manufactured and politicized intelligence” to set the stage for a years-long attempt to undermine President Donald Trump’s first term. The now-public documents confirmed what many conservatives argued from the start — that the so-called “Russian interference” case was weaponized to launch a political coup.
Despite the revelations, Miller hit the airwaves defending the flawed Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) that served as the foundation for the Russia hoax. She even claimed to be the author of the CIA’s 2017 report on alleged Russian election meddling — a claim now directly contradicted by senior intelligence officials. “Not an author. Not involved,” one senior official told investigative journalist Matt Taibbi’s Racket News. Another source added, “She wasn’t leading this effort… it’s just totally bizarre that she claims the opposite.”
Nevertheless, Miller doubled down in interviews, telling NBC News, “We definitely had the intel to show with high probability that the specific goal of the Russians was to get Trump elected” — a statement the declassified records refute. She also attacked former Trump CIA Director John Ratcliffe for declassifying the documents, calling his actions “100 percent political.”
Her public defense of the hoax — combined with the false claims about her role in the report — appears to have sealed her fate. Two senior Trump administration officials confirmed to The Federalist that Miller’s security clearance has now been terminated.
“This woman totally shouldn’t hold a high-level security clearance after pushing the Russia Hoax. All she did was lie to the American people to hurt Trump,” a senior Defense official said. Another administration source was blunt: “A woman involved in the Russia Hoax cannot be trusted with a security clearance. Therefore, it has been revoked.”
The move marks yet another high-profile consequence for those tied to the discredited collusion narrative — and underscores the Trump administration’s push to hold former intelligence officials accountable for what they view as an unprecedented abuse of power. With Gabbard’s disclosures now public and whistleblowers speaking out, the Russia hoax that dominated headlines for years continues to unravel — this time with real penalties for those who helped keep it alive.