Silenced as Terrorists: Tulsi Gabbard & Global Collusion to Criminalize American Dissent
The U.S., U.K., Big Tech, and intelligence agencies conspired to brand peaceful citizens as domestic threats for opposing COVID-19 mandates and defending medical freedom
“This is just one of many alarming actions by the Biden administration—using government power to label concerned parents, vaccine mandate opponents, and other citizens exercising their First Amendment rights as potential domestic extremists.”
—Tulsi Gabbard, on newly declassified documents
In a time when speaking the truth can cost your freedom—or your reputation—what began as public health discourse has now morphed into a high-tech, globalized censorship regime. A growing body of evidence reveals how the U.S. and U.K. governments colluded with Big Tech and intelligence agencies to target American citizens—myself included—as “Domestic Violent Extremists” (DVEs), not for acts of violence, but for sharing dissenting views on COVID-19 mandates and medical autonomy. This is not hyperbole; it is documented history unfolding in real time.
1. The UK-U.S. Meeting that Sparked a Global Playbook
In August 2021, the Biden-Harris administration hosted a closed-door interagency meeting with the United Kingdom’s Counter Disinformation Unit (CDU). The intent? To replicate the UK’s aggressive censorship model across U.S. government agencies—including the CIA, FBI, DHS, and HHS—with the goal of suppressing what was euphemistically labeled “misinformation” [1].
The CDU presented its framework: create specialized units for censorship coordination, push legislation to force tech compliance, and form global partnerships to standardize speech regulation. These were not hypothetical strategies—they were blueprints for a censorship-industrial complex that rapidly took shape under the guise of pandemic response [2].
2. Domestic Dissent Reclassified as “Terrorism”
Just months later, in December 2021, an intelligence bulletin co-authored by the FBI, DHS, and National Counterterrorism Center suggested that narratives opposing COVID-19 vaccines and mask mandates could be signs of potential domestic terrorism. By lowering the bar from actions to opinions, federal agencies gained a mandate to surveil, deplatform, and investigate U.S. citizens based on speech alone [3].
This policy was not just chilling—it was dangerous. It criminalized questioning. It painted parents, doctors, scientists, and natural health advocates as threats to national security. It labeled a dozen Americans as part of the so-called "Disinformation Dozen" and helped justify our systemic censorship and erasure from the digital commons [4].
3. Civil Liberties on Life Support
Under the banner of "safety," a precedent was established: disagree with the government's health policies and you may be flagged as a radical. Former FBI agent Steve Friend warned that this approach would be used to pressure platforms like Facebook and Twitter (now X) to silence dissenters, effectively privatizing censorship with plausible deniability [5].
This government-tech fusion of power has triggered what some are calling a “Second Red Scare”—only this time, the ideological enemy is not communism, but unapproved speech concerning fundamental human rights, such as the right to choose what happens to your constitutionally protected body.
4. A Sudden Reversal—or a Tactical Retreat?
In early 2025, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard publicly announced the end of the Biden-era domestic terrorism strategy, calling it an "abuse of power" that conflated political opposition with national security threats. Domestic terrorism was subsequently removed from the list of top intelligence priorities [6].
Yet, this reversal did not undo the damage already inflicted: countless Americans had been surveilled, deplatformed, and vilified for engaging in constitutionally protected expression. Lives were ruined. Trust was shattered.
5. Legal Accountability Begins
The tide, however, is turning. Lawsuits have now been filed against those who orchestrated this coordinated takedown of free speech. Among the named is the UK-based Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and its CEO, Imran Ahmed. Their actions—colluding with governments to silence critics—are now under legal scrutiny [7].
As I shared in my recent exposé, “They Came for Me... and for Free Speech,” this battle is deeply personal. The truth is not just under attack—it is rising through those of us who refuse to stay silent. We are reclaiming our voices, our platforms, and our sacred right to speak without fear [8].
Conclusion
We are living through a defining moment in history. The pandemic may have ended, but the authoritarian impulse it unleashed remains. From covert interagency meetings to de facto blacklists, the war on dissent has shown its face. But so too has the resilience of those who stand for truth, health freedom, and the inalienable rights endowed to us all.
Let this be a record. Let it be a warning. And let it be a call to rise.
In that spirit, half of the so-called "Disinformation Dozen"—myself included—have just filed a historic lawsuitagainst the very institutions and actors responsible for these coordinated attacks on free speech. This legal action is not just personal—it’s about protecting the sacred rights of all.
Learn more: https://sayerji.substack.com/p/they-came-for-meand-for-free-speech
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References
Ji, Sayer. “Behind Closed Doors: UK and US Plot Global Speech Crackdown.” GreenMedInfo, April 2023. https://greenmedinfo.com/content/behind-closed-doors-uk-and-us-plot-global-speech-crackdown
America First Legal. “Exclusive: CDC Documents Reveal Foreign Collusion in Government Censorship.” AFL Legal, October 2023. https://aflegal.org/exclusive-america-first-legal-obtains-new-internal-cdc-documents-revealing-foreign-collusion-in-biden-harris-government-censorship-regime
Public. “New: Biden Administration Labeled Vaccine Mandate Opponents as Domestic Terror Threat.” Public Substack, May 2025.
Ji, Sayer. “Vaccine-Hesitant 'Conspiracy Theorists' a Domestic Terrorism Threat.” GreenMedInfo, February 2022. https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/vaccine-hesitant-conspiracy-theorists-domestic-terrorism-threat-new-homeland-secu3
Friend, Steve. Quoted in Just the News. “Tulsi Gabbard Says Biden-Era Domestic Terrorism Policy Must End.” Just the News, May 2025. https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/tuetulsi-gabbard-says-biden-era-domestic-terrorism-policy-must-end
Ibid.
Ji, Sayer. “They Came for Me... and for Free Speech.” Substack, May 2025. https://sayerji.substack.com/p/they-came-for-meand-for-free-speech
Ibid.
Tulsi is awesome. We have a strong message growing to communicate the importance of freedom. It's being resisted by the tyrants of the world. But with people like Tulsi and RFK we have a glimmer of hope.
Sayer Ji, you are awesome! You are right on. Thank God, for those who might not be aware, FDA's VRBPAC yesterday had a drawing of outside participants (10-12 it seemed like) to be allowed to speak for 4 minutes each. Many key outspoken informed critics of mRNA Covid shots were given an opportunity to speak. Notably, Naomi Wolf was not present, who holds the best data. Karen Kingston, Interest of Justice, and the engineer at CHD and others were able to speak, referring to Dr. McCullough's conclusions of the data and VAERS data and first-hand observations. Interest of Justice put VRBPAC on notice that the only reason the COVID mRNA shots were approved was by an early act of fraud, meanng that every approval after that could not be valid with that as its foundational beginning. VRBPAC's leaders kept emphasizing that only arguments of scientific evidence could be considered in determinng the content of next year's COVID shots, as if only the continued use of COVID mRNA shots would be the plan.