Rep. Abigail Spanberger, former CIA officer and House Intelligence Committee member, sounds the alarm on President-elect Trump’s pick of Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence, arguing that Gabbard’s past defense of authoritarian leaders like Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad poses a serious threat to U.S. intelligence. “The DNI knows the sources, the methods … nominating someone who has a clear track record of pushing conspiracy theories and excusing the behavior of authoritarians … is certainly not only an irresponsible choice, but a dangerous choice to fill this role.
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