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Why Snowden – not Russia or Syria – could tank Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination

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Why Snowden – not Russia or Syria – could tank Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination



Trump’s pick to lead national intelligence has upset foreign policy hawks by not condemning the NSA whistleblowerA smooth path to the pinnacle of America’s intelligence pyramid was never in the cards for Tulsi Gabbard.Dogged by a catalogue of eyebrow-raising past statements about Russia, Ukraine and Bashar al-Assad, accusations of parroting Kremlin talking points, and a lack of experience in intelligence (not even having sat on a relevant congressional committee), Gabbard was always a counterintuitive choice to sit atop the 18 US spy agencies and their roughly 70,000 employees. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/tulsi-gabbard-edward-snowden

Author : Robert Tait in Washington

Publish date : 2025-02-01 14:00:46

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