‘Purged’ CIA Officials Plan Their Return At ‘Deep State Plot’ Party At Gay Karaoke Bar

August 24, 2026 4:05 PM ET LGBTQ officers in the intelligence community who claimed to have been “silenced or purged” by the Trump administration are seemingly plotting their return to intelligence roles, according to HUMINT founder and intelligence correspondent Sasha Ingber.Ingber wrote in the Substack post that she recently attended a “resignation party soiree” at a gay karaoke bar in Virginia, which was partly celebrating former CIA analyst Julia Curlee. Curlee previously was the first-ever CIA officer to openly transition and remain serving in the role until she was laid off earlier on in President Donald Trump’s second term, PBS News reported. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Some US Medical Schools May Still Be Promoting DEI Efforts, Watchdog Says)The invitation for the party jokingly said: “Co