{"id":2376870,"date":"2024-12-05T19:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T00:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intel-community-insiders-warn-against-tulsi-gabbard-for-dni\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T19:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T00:37:16","slug":"intel-community-insiders-warn-against-tulsi-gabbard-for-dni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intel-community-insiders-warn-against-tulsi-gabbard-for-dni\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel community insiders warn against Tulsi Gabbard for DNI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fintel-community-insiders-warn-against-tulsi-gabbard-for-dni%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2376870&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A group of \u2064nearly 100\u2063 former senior intelligence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumpism-2-0-the-personnel-needed-to-make-the-former-presidents-policies-possible\/\" title=\"Personnel for Trumpism 2.0: Enabling the ex-president&#039;s policies.\">national \u2064security officials<\/a> has expressed serious concerns \u2064regarding President-elect Donald\u200c Trump&#8217;s nomination of former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as the Director\u2064 of National \u200bIntelligence (DNI). In a letter\u200c addressed to\u200d Senate leaders, they urged careful\u2063 examination of her qualifications, citing her past actions \u200bas potentially compromising her ability\u200d to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">provide impartial \u2063intelligence briefings<\/a> to key government\u2062 figures. The officials, who have served in both Republican and Democratic administrations, requested that Senate committees conduct closed briefings\u200d to thoroughly assess Gabbard&#8217;s capabilities in \u2062managing intelligence agencies and safeguarding intelligence methods and sources.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Intelligence community insiders warn against Tulsi Gabbard as DNI: &lsquo;Serious red flags&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1904332\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A group of nearly 100 former senior intelligence and national security officials sent a letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Senate<\/a> leaders, writing that they are &ldquo;alarmed&rdquo; by President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s selection of former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rep. Tulsi Gabbard \">Rep. Tulsi Gabbard <\/a>to become national intelligence director and urged senators to &ldquo;carefully scrutinize&rdquo; her nomination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The officials who served in both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Democratic<\/a> administrations said Gabbard&rsquo;s past actions &ldquo;call into question her ability to deliver unbiased intelligence briefings to the President, Congress, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/incompetence-and-failure-and-disorganization-msnbc-takes-aim-at-bidens-withdrawal-fiasco-by-ben-johnson\/\" title=\"\u2018Incompetence And Failure And Disorganization\u2019: MSNBC Takes Aim At Biden\u2019s Withdrawal Fiasco by Ben Johnson\">entire national security apparatus<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The group urged incoming Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and current Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to hold closed briefings to scrutinize her nomination fully.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Senate committees should consider in closed sessions all information available to the U.S. government when considering Ms. Gabbard&rsquo;s qualifications to manage our country&rsquo;s intelligence agencies and, more importantly, the protection of our intelligence sources and methods,&rdquo; the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Gabbard DNI Nomination Letter PDF\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/801217922\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-YBPb8364Jxk1l7qCs29Z\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_31479\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>The letter comes as Trump&rsquo;s team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3248878\/trump-agrees-mou-justice-department-background-checks-cabinet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced <\/a>Tuesday that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justice<\/a> Department, paving the way for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">FBI<\/a> background checks. The MOU comes after pressure from bipartisan lawmakers who aired concerns after it appeared that some appointees would skip the process.<\/p>\n<p>The document mentions Gabbard&rsquo;s travel to Syria in 2017, where she met President Bashar al-Assad, a Russian ally, and ultimately aligned herself with Russian and Syrian officials. At that time, she was at odds with the Obama administration in calling for the end of support for Syria&rsquo;s opposition movement against Assad&rsquo;s rule.<\/p>\n<p>It also notes her statements on wars in Ukraine and the Middle East differ from United States policy and have mimicked Russian talking points.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ms. Gabbard&rsquo;s past statements and actions raise serious red flags and indicate significant gaps in knowledge and experience on these issues. I encourage the Senate to carefully weigh her suitability for this critical role,&rdquo; said Rose Gottemoeller, former deputy secretary general of NATO, who signed the letter.<\/p>\n<p>The former Democratic congresswoman-turned-Republican nominee for a key Trump administration role served in the Hawaii Army National Guard and was deployed to Iraq with a medical unit. During her career in the House from 2013 to 2021, she was known for her anti-interventionist politics and populist economics.<\/p>\n<p>The letter goes on to say that Gabbard if confirmed, &ldquo;would be the least experienced director of national intelligence since the position was created,&rdquo; pointing out that many previous directors had executive branch experience working on intelligence matters or served on an intelligence panel.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Senate must carefully evaluate whether Ms. Gabbard is equipped to effectively oversee an organizational structure as unique and large as the National Intelligence Program and also the effect of her holding this position on the willingness of our closest allies to share intelligence with the U.S.,&rdquo; the letter said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alexa Henning, a spokeswoman for Gabbard on the Trump transition team on Thursday called the letter an &ldquo;unfounded attack&rdquo; and a &ldquo;partisan weapon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a perfect example of why President Trump chose Tulsi Gabbard for this position. These unfounded attacks are from the same geniuses who have blood on their hands from decades of faulty &lsquo;intelligence,&rsquo; including the non-existent weapons of mass destruction,&rdquo; Henning said in a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1904332\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1904332\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelligence officials raise concerns over Tulsi Gabbard&#8217;s DNI nomination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2376871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tulsi-Gabbard-1124-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16781,7526,23344,37690],"class_list":["post-2376870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dni","tag-intel","tag-national-security","tag-tulsi-gabbard"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Tulsi-Gabbard-1124-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376874,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376870\/revisions\/2376874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}