Tulsi Gabbard changes tune on controversial intelligence tool following GOP lobbying

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Tulsi Gabbard changes tune on controversial intelligence tool following GOP lobbying

Gabbard previously voted against FISA re-authorization

By Julia Johnson Fox News
Published January 10, 2025 4:29pm EST

Tulsi Gabbard, who is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in his next administration, has reversed course on a controversial item after lobbying from Republican senators.

Gabbard revealed on Friday that she believes section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) "is crucial for gathering foreign intelligence on non-U.S. persons abroad."

She previously opposed FISA section 702 re-authorization while serving as a Democrat in the House of Representatives.

"We have a very important responsibility to strike a balance between national security to keep the American people safe, while also protecting our constitutionally protected freedoms," she said on the House floor in 2018. "Let us make this critical choice. Vote to keep our country safe. Vote to uphold our constitutional rights that so many have fought and died to protect."

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[Timber Rattler]

Well, I don't think she actually believes that but was told by certain GOP Senators (looking at you Tom Cotton) that she had to publicly support 702 or else she was dead in the water.