Overview

• Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner said his Sept. 5, classified visit to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency was canceled after far-right activist Laura Loomer publicized and attacked the meeting.
• Loomer celebrated the outcome on X, claiming Warner was “LOOMERED” and urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to fire NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank “Trey” Whitworth.
• Warner said political appointees pulled the plug, calling the move a nakedly political decision that threatens longstanding norms of congressional oversight of intelligence agencies.
• The Pentagon said the event was not canceled but rescheduled to accommodate bipartisan participation, while the NGA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declined to comment.
• The episode follows Loomer’s growing, public claims of influence over national-security personnel and decisions, including reported ousters and security-clearance revocations, as Warner vows to continue oversight and warns of a dangerous precedent.