Conspiracy theories and cosying up to dictators: why intelligence experts are spooked by Tulsi Gabbard
Conspiracy theories and cosying up to dictators: why intelligence experts are spooked by Tulsi Gabbard
Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence has long been regarded as dangerous for her Syria contacts and stance on Ukraine
Summary
Concerns over Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as director of national intelligence (DNI) under Donald Trump stem from her controversial Middle East ties, particularly her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Critics, including intelligence officials and bipartisan lawmakers, question her fitness, citing her unorthodox views, conspiracy theories about U.S.-funded biolabs in Ukraine, and statements minimizing Assad’s atrocities.
Worries include risks to intelligence-sharing with allies and the security of U.S. assets.
Gabbard and her supporters claim her anti-interventionist stance is being misrepresented as a liability. Senate confirmation hearings may address these controversies.
Uh, cuz she’s putin’s bitch?
She's also a cult member.
Just like donvict himself.
Seems like a good opportunity to confirm her and then feed her absolutely nothing but misinformation.
She's too stupid to know the difference...
Just show her all the things she expects to see, like chemtrail tanks, and Jewish space lasers. She won't have the critical thinking skills to realize she's on a set
No no, you show her pictures of nothing and describe them as unknowns and concerning.
Then she calls them chemtrails and Jewish space lasers. And then release the images at higher resolutions, so everyone can see its a hay bale and a rock em sock em robot or whatever.
Best way to go about it. Like giving a kid a toy steering wheel. This should be applied to the whole administration.
Donvict is here to dismantle the U.S. to benefit the likes of our enemies - such as Russia.
Is this only now dawning on some Americans?
Reading this article and others, I don't see a valid argument for her being disloyal or a Russian asset. The examples given in the article all sound like justifiable if alternative perspectives.
I don't agree with her on issues like her uncritical support for Israel or how she talks about humans whose lives and homes have been destroyed by our empire until they become terrorists. Here, she shares the views of the intelligence establishment, and is no worse than other candidates for DNI.
I do like the image of the army medic arguing for talk and negotiation as opposed to a militarized response. I think that Intelligence Community status quo has us set on a course for WWIII. I hope that Tulsi's anti-interventionism, support for whistleblowers like Snowden and other truth seekers, and focus on communication/negotiation will help us reduce our need for arms so we can better direct those funds.
Or, maybe standing down now is like appeasement before WWII. We've already voted, now we get to deal with the consequences while we try to rebuild a better America.
During a congressional trip in 2015, Moustafa recalled, Gabbard had asked three young Syrian girls whether the airstrike they had narrowly survived may not have been launched by Assad, but rather by the terrorist group Isis. The one problem? Isis did not have an air force.
That's not an alternative explanation, that's going to bat for a dictator.