Gabbard was confirmed on February 12th with 52-48 votes and sworn in his oval office.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Tarsi Gabbard, Farber, has confirmed his position as Director of National Intelligence by the Senate.
Gabbard was confirmed on February 12th with 52-48 votes and sworn in his oval office. She immediately assumes responsibility in the country’s top intelligence role.
The confirmation follows weeks of debate over Gabbard’s eligibility and judgment, and questioning the ability of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle to lead the intelligence news community before voting along the party line.
The leading intelligence Democrats voted against Gabbard’s nomination and said that the history of former lawmakers’ favourable talk about hostile foreign forces raised questions about their ability to identify key intelligence issues.
These criticisms center primarily on Gabbard’s history, suggesting that NATO condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and her doubts about whether chemical weapons are being used in the Syrian civil war. It’s there.
Sen. Michael Bennett (D-Colo.) praises Gabbard’s service, but she demonstrates inadequate judgment on political and national security issues, and her nomination ultimately leads to the nation. He said he believes it will weaken the intelligence reporting community.
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“And again and again, when she has the opportunity to support the interests of the United States… and many times, she chooses our enemy.” Bennett said on the Senate floor.
Conversely, Senate Republicans defended Gabbard’s willingness to what they view as a entrenched bureaucratic class within the intelligence reporting community that does not have the best interests of the Americans in mind.
“Tarsi knows he is committed to protecting all Americans at this pivotal moment in American history,” said Sen. John Tune (Rs.D.).
“The intelligence community needs to focus on gathering its core mission: intelligence and providing an unbiased analysis of that information.”
Gabbard’s nomination wants to eliminate the controversial surveillance law and her praise from Edward Snowden, an intelligence contractor who leaked more than a million files from the US intelligence agency before fleeing to Russia. It was highly scrutinized by both Democrats and Republicans who expressed concern over the desire.
Members of the Senate Selection Committee on Intelligence Reports primarily characterized Snowden as a “traitor,” saying surveillance laws are a national security boon despite the risks posed to American civil liberties.
Gabbard assured the committee that he would not allow Snowden unless the president instructed him to do so, but considering that Gabbard himself was considered a traitor by former officials, including the former High Secretary, he said, ” It was uncomfortable to describe as a traitor.
Instead, Gabbard said she supported Snowden’s success in exposing a previously unknown program in which the government called for the support of high-tech companies to spy on American citizens on a massive scale.
“My past statements have reflected the terrible, illegal programs exposed in that leak,” Gabbard said.
Similarly, when she was pressed for her belief that Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Reports and Monitoring Act (FISA) should be abolished, Gabbard reconsidered her position, and now the law is “essential” to national security. He said he thought so.
So, Gabbard now says he considers FISA 702 an essential tool for national security, but the intelligence news community has been given a leash for too long, and its actions have refuted its mission. It has been revealed that this is.
“For too long, false, inappropriate or weaponized intelligence agencies have led to costly failures and weakening of constitutional national security and God-given freedom. “Gabad said he testified to the committee last month.
“Ensuring the safety, security and freedom of the American people is a leadership task that rises than partisan politics.”
