More retribution, purging of officials 
Gabbard has purged the US
intelligence
officials who investigated Russian interference with the 2016
election.  They are being punished for the offense of being loyal to
their country rather to the bullshitter.
This wrong serves two practical purpose.  First, one way to keep the
magats 
believing the bullshit is by consistently behaving as if it
were true.  Second, punishing officials for loyalty to their country
pressures and trains those who remain to discard any shred of that
patriotic loyalty.