Nearly 100 former intelligence and national security officials are raising red flags.
They don’t like President Donald Trump’s choice of Tulsi Gabbard as national intelligence director.
In a letter to Senate leaders, they questioned her ability to provide unbiased intelligence.
So they called for thorough closed-door briefings to go over her qualifications.
Those aren’t the kind of meetings I trust, ones done in secret.
They’re urging Senate leaders John Thune and Chuck Schumer to leave no stone unturned.
Something has them spooked about Gabbard, that’s for sure.
Former officials urge closed-door Senate hearings on Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for intel chief
https://t.co/Ta5oqRLQog— Diane D. (@Diane5785) December 6, 2024
Washingtonton Examiner reports:
A group of nearly 100 former senior intelligence and national security officials sent a letter to Senate leaders, writing that they are “alarmed” by President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to become national intelligence director and urged senators to “carefully scrutinize” her nomination.
The officials who served in both Republican and Democratic administrations said Gabbard’s past actions “call into question her ability to deliver unbiased intelligence briefings to the President, Congress, and the entire national security apparatus.”
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.
“Senate committees should consider in closed sessions all information available to the U.S. government when considering Ms. Gabbard’s qualifications to manage our country’s intelligence agencies and, more importantly, the protection of our intelligence sources and methods,” the letter said.
The letter comes as Trump’s team announced Tuesday that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Justice Department, paving the way for FBI background checks. The MOU comes after pressure from bipartisan lawmakers who aired concerns after it appeared that some appointees would skip the process.
The document mentions Gabbard’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’s opposition movement against Assad’s rule.
She’s a smart woman, no doubt about that.
Tulsi Gabbard is a tough woman.
I think she has a different opinion than Cuban.She’s going to be important in Trumps administration.
Tulsi made many solid points on Pharma and Food and what RFK is going to do. pic.twitter.com/2qekIiecUX
— floridanow1 (@floridanow1) October 31, 2024
But even though she looks ‘all-American’ some are wondering if it’s wise to have a worshipper of Krishna, a major god in Hindu, on President Trump’s cabinet?
She is @TulsiGabbard,
New Director Intelligence of USA🔥Her mother adopted Hinduism and raised her with Hindu values.
She always carries a copy of Bhagavad Gita. She took oath of office in 2013 with Bhagavad Gita.
— Shashank Shekhar Jha (@shashank_ssj) November 14, 2024
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