One Republican Senator May Derail Tulsi Gabbard Confirmation as Director of National Intelligence

Senator Susan Collins (RINO-ME) may derail Tulsi Gabbard’s confirmation as Director of National Intelligence.

Trump’s DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard is set to appear in front of the Senate Intel Committee on January 30 for a hearing.

Gabbard cannot have even one defector on the Senate Intel Committee since the vote is split along partly line 9-8.

Senator Collins, a member of the very powerful Senate Intel Committee, told The Hill that she has many concerns about Tulsi Gabbard’s stance on Section 702 of the FISA which gives government permission to spy on ‘foreign’ targets without a warrant.

Tulsi Gabbard previously proposed legislation to repeal section 702 because the government abused the warrantless spying program and spied on American citizens.

This comes after Susan Collins was one of the three GOP Senators to vote against Pete Hegseth’s confirmation as Secretary of Defense.

Excerpt from The Hill:

Collins told The Hill in an interview that she wants to press Gabbard on her stance on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows for the warrantless surveillance of foreign targets.

Gabbard has sought to walk back her past criticism of the program, but Collins told The Hill she doesn’t necessarily believe Gabbard’s change of heart.

“There are several questions I want to follow up on in the hearing,” Collins said, adding that she didn’t want to preview them all “because I want to hear her unpracticed responses” even though she expects Gabbard will be well prepared.

“But there are a lot of obvious issues,” Collins said. “Her answers to the written questions were very hedged on it. I know there’s been a lot of reporting that she’s changed her position. That’s not how I read her answers. I read them as, ‘I’ll take a look at the reforms and see if they meet my concerns.’”

President Trump ousted Joe Biden’s Acting Director for National Intelligence Stacy Dixon over the weekend and replaced her with Lora Shiao.

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By Trent Walker

Trent Walker has over ten years experience as an undercover reporter, focusing on politics, corruption, crime, and deep state exposés.

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