Former officials urge closed-door Senate hearings on Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for intel chief

[rangerrebew]

Former officials urge closed-door Senate hearings on Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for intel chief
 

By  ELLEN KNICKMEYER
Updated 4:03 PM EST, December 5, 2024
 
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 100 former senior U.S. diplomats and intelligence and national security officials have urged Senate leaders to schedule closed-door hearings to allow for a full review of the government’s files on former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to be national intelligence director.

The former officials, who served in both Democratic and Republican administrations, said they were “alarmed” by the choice of Gabbard to oversee all 18 U.S. intelligence agencies. They said her past actions “call into question her ability to deliver unbiased intelligence briefings to the President, Congress, and to the entire national security apparatus.”

A spokesperson for Gabbard on the Trump transition team on Thursday denounced the appeal as an “unfounded” and “partisan” attack.

Avril Haines, the current director of national intelligence, when asked Thursday whether intelligence sharing with allies could be in jeopardy under the next administration, cited the importance of those relationships and noted the strong bipartisan support for them in Congress.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-gabbard-national-intelligence-director-senate-e351e922f7d185ced030169fe83e94da

[rangerrebew]

Former officials urge closed-door Senate hearings on Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for intel chief

Former officials urge closed-door Senate hearings

   

Should the word democrat be inserted here?


Are democrats afraid she will spill the beans on their corruption in public?

[Smokin Joe]

How many of those "formers" signed the memo stating Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation?

[The_Reader_David]

How many of those "formers" signed the memo stating Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation?

And how many of those "formers" aren't?  (Two of those participating in the Democrat disinformation campaign about Biden the Younger's laptop were still on the CIA payroll.)

[Smokin Joe]

And how many of those "formers" aren't?  (Two of those participating in the Democrat disinformation campaign about Biden the Younger's laptop were still on the CIA payroll.)

Frankly, I don't trust ANY of them after the Laptop stunt. They should all have their clearances pulled, for starters.

[PeteS in CA]

Nearly 100 former senior U.S. diplomats and intelligence and national security officials ...

Translation: nearly 100 formers who worry what among their own wrong-doings a public, transparent, set of hearings would reveal.

[Smokin Joe]

Translation: nearly 100 formers who worry what among their own wrong-doings a public, transparent, set of hearings would reveal.

YEP!