Tulsi Gabbard’s Pro-Putin Views Alarm Intel Experts – But They Mirror Trump’s
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The would-be director of national intelligence has repeatedly spread pro-Russia conspiracy theories, just like the man who appointed her.
WASHINGTON — Critics worried about potential intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard’s praise for foreign adversaries likely have an insurmountable problem: a soon-to-be commander in chief who shares the same and even more extreme views.
The former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, now a Republican whom President-elect Donald Trump has picked as his director of national intelligence, is under fire from both parties for her years of sympathetic comments about Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and his allies, including recently deposed Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
“I’ve got a lot of questions about Ms. Gabbard. But that’s why we have an advise and consent process, that’s why we have these hearings,” Virginia’s Mark Warner, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee and will become the ranking Democrat in the new Congress, told reporters last month. “Some of these claims of her ties to these adversaries like Russia and Syria, there’s got to be both knowledge and explanation of that.”
Trump’s own former national security adviser, John Bolton, said Gabbard’s appointment would please America’s foes. “Her judgment is nonexistent, and the idea that somehow she would be put in charge of this critical function should be giving our adversaries in Moscow and Beijing a lot of relief,” he told CNN.
Trump aides did not respond to HuffPost’s queries about Gabbard.
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