Nearly 100 former national security officials 'alarmed' at prospect of Gabbard leading intel community
Nearly 100 former national security officials 'alarmed' at prospect of Gabbard leading intel community
In the letter obtained by NBC News, the officials urged the Senate to “carefully evaluate” whether Gabbard is “equipped” for the position, which requires Senate confirmation.
Summary
Nearly 100 former national security officials expressed alarm over Trump’s nomination of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence due to her past alignment with Russian and Syrian officials and lack of experience.
In a letter, they urged Senate committees to hold closed-door hearings to assess her qualifications and review any government-held information about her.
Critics highlighted her controversial 2017 trip to Syria to meet Bashar al-Assad and her questioning of U.S. intelligence.
Gabbard’s spokesperson dismissed the criticism as partisan attacks, while the Senate confirmation process is expected to be contentious.
It doesn't matter, does it? This is Trump's America, and Americans walked into this with eyes wide open. Knew exactly what and who he is. We deserve everything that's coming, and I hope we get it all. If the voters don't suffer, they will never learn, it seems.
She got that gray stripe from turning Michelle Pfeiffer into a newt.
This is your regular reminder that Tulsi Gabbard is literally in a cult.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_of_Identity_Foundation
If I was an asset deployed abroad as an operative against Russia especially.. I'd request being pulled out. No way you will live.
It’ll be Russia’s intelligence community at that point lol
There were 51 “former intelligence officials” who signed a letter stating the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation. (a lie)
Three digits’ worth being alarmed about Gabbard being their boss doesn’t bother me at all.
As if the "intel community" was ever a shining beacon of goodness. How many of these "national security" officials were perfectly happy to see the US spy on its own citizens, invade Iraq and Afghanistan, help overthrow the governments of multiple other countries, and contribute billions toward a genocide?
Personally I'm on the fence about Gabbard in this role. Unlike most of Trump's picks, I don't think Tulsi is just in it to enrich herself. There's a lot of establishment bullshit about her being a Russian shill or whatever, but the real reason they hate her is because she was honest about how horrible Clinton is... That's it. They don't like Party members stepping out of line. Of course she did endorse Trump which isn't great, but I'm hoping it was a gambit to get into this role so she can start moving us towards peace instead of never ending wars (okay, that's the other reason the establishment hates her).
What, and stay with me here, the fuck are you on about
Which part?
Edit: Actually, they put it right in the article for us.
"These unfounded attacks are from the same geniuses who have blood on their hands from decades of faulty 'intelligence,' including the non-existent weapons of mass destruction," said spokesperson Alexa Henning, referring to a purported justification for the start of the Iraq War that turned out to be wrong.
"These intel officials continue to use classification as a partisan weapon to smear and imply things about their political enemy without putting the facts out," Henning continued."