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Tulsi Gabbard Holds Up Well Under Senate Grilling

Nominee for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard held up well under Democratic grilling in the open hearing on her confirmation on Jan. 30. The Senate Intelligence Committee then went into a closed hearing. Her opening statement was excellent, not mincing any words about what she felt should be done in the intelligence community. She then itemized some of the abuses conducted by the intelligence community, including the false intel leading to the Iraq War, the “Russiagate” slander against President Trump, the coverup of Hunter Biden’s laptop, and former CIA Director John Brennan’s spying on Congress, which was exposed, but Brennan never brought to justice. “This must end,” she said. Her own service in Iraq, in a war premised on lies, helped to inspire her desire to reform the intelligence process.

In the questioning there was a drumbeat, attempting to get Gabbard to call NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden a traitor, which she refused to do. Whether that will play a role among the Republicans, most of whom probably do consider Snowden a traitor, is yet to be seen. While she agreed that Snowden had broken the law, she would not call him a traitor.

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