I won't even mention that her first name backwards is 'I slut'. Thanks Mom and Dad.
When MAGAts fight:
Opps.Tensions rise between Gabbard and CIA chief after her disclosure of undercover officer's name, insiders say
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard blindsided CIA leaders last week when she disclosed the name of an undercover CIA officer on a list of people she stripped of security clearances, multiple current and former intelligence sources said.
The move alarmed the agency’s workforce, the sources said, and is the latest example of simmering tensions and crossed signals between Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. The two have clashed previously over her decisions, including earlier this month when Gabbard declassified a lightly redacted document related to Russian election interference.
How is that going?... The director of national intelligence position was created after the Sept. 11 attacks in an effort to ensure close coordination among the country’s spy agencies.
Gabbard = Lazy unpatriotic moron... After the summit, the CIA informed the analyst that she had lost her security clearance, effectively ending her career. “She did most of the prep for the Putin summit and to this day has no idea why her clearance was removed,” said a former colleague, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing fear of retaliation from the Trump administration.
Gabbard and her office failed to properly coordinate the move with the CIA before revoking the security clearances of the 37 current and former officials, said a U.S. official and a source with knowledge of the matter. It appeared that Gabbard and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence were unaware of the CIA employee’s covert mission, the official added.
“ODNI didn’t meaningfully consult with the agency,” the official told NBC News.
... In a social media post, Coleman added: “No one was ‘blindsided.’ We coordinated with all agencies before sending the letter.” Coleman said the memo from Gabbard revoking security clearances “listed names and not agency affiliations, meaning @DNIGabbard did not out any ‘undercover’ officer.”
Aha, the endless whiny campaign to cover up the proven FACT that Russia acted to help get TRE45QN elected in 2016.... The fired CIA analyst had previously worked as a national intelligence officer specializing in Russia and Eurasia and had been ordered to help organize the assessment of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Since Trump returned to the White House in January, the administration has taken action against officials who took part in the Russia investigation, those who prosecuted Jan. 6 rioters and those who pursued criminal cases against Trump.
MAGA = Traitors... Former intelligence officials say the CIA analyst is one of dozens of career employees at the country’s spy agencies who have been abruptly fired or forced out in recent months for purported disloyalty. They have been ousted without being told of the evidence for the decision or having a chance to defend themselves.
Legal experts say Trump has wielded his authority over security clearances unlike any previous president, using it as a tool to punish former officials who have criticized him and to silence dissent in the government.
... Apart from the CIA analyst, there were at least two other current intelligence officers on Gabbard’s list. One was Vinh Nguyen at the National Security Agency, who colleagues say was recognized as the intelligence community’s top mind on cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence. The government recruited Nguyen at the age of 17 and he was the youngest NSA employee ever promoted to a senior position, former colleagues said.
Former intelligence officers described him as a generational genius who could not be replaced. “The U.S. government is the big loser here,” said a former senior intelligence official, referring to Nguyen’s ouster.
MAGA has always = TraitorsIn 2016, when Nguyen was a national intelligence officer overseeing cybersecurity, he was asked to help direct the intelligence assessment of Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections. The assessment by U.S. spy agencies concluded that Russia had waged information warfare to try to undermine Hillary Clinton’s candidacy and help Trump.
Opps.... A bipartisan Senate investigation overseen by then-Sen. Marco Rubio later endorsed the findings of the intelligence assessment that Putin sought to help Trump win. The Russian leader also later said himself that he wanted to see Trump prevail.
Fascism is here.... “This act was nothing short of unlawful and disregarded decades of established precedent. Given the last six months, it is clear this administration has chosen to weaponize the security clearance process, which would make the late Senator Joseph McCarthy proud,” (attorney Mark) Zaid said.
Cultist.I worked for the CIA. Gabbard revoked my security clearance because of Trump. | Opinion
... Ms. Gabbard unironically decries “politicization of intelligence” – where analysts allow political bias to affect their work – when these revocations are one of the most nakedly political acts in the history of the ill-conceived role in which she serves....
I have spoken against Trump's attacks on intelligence agencies
As a private citizen for the past 10 years, I have occasionally spoken out against Donald Trump’s attacks on our intelligence agencies and the men and women who sacrifice every day in their service to the American people. I believe my writings in the Washington Post and in these pages contributed to Ms. Gabbard’s decision, because her loyalty is to one man, and not the American people.
But that’s not the entire story.
It has been increasingly hard for me to sit on the sidelines while a corrupt political system steamrolls the people I grew up with. It’s a system that profits from addiction but does nothing to treat it. A system that enables Donald Trump to increase his personal wealth by billions since being elected, while working families in Kentucky see their costs continue to rise and their paychecks remain flat. A system that takes money from 35 rural hospitals in Kentucky to pay for an unconscionable $4 trillion tax cut, $1 trillion of which goes to the wealthiest 1%.
In response, I began exploring a run for the U.S. Senate. My interest was reported in the Lexington Herald-Leader on Aug. 6. My security clearance was revoked via social media exactly two weeks later. You can do the math.
MAGA = TraitorsGabbard's weaponization of our government should give everyone pause
Ms. Gabbard’s shameless weaponization of the government against Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies, whether in response to my exercise of constitutionally protected speech or my consideration of running for office, should give everyone pause.
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This weaponization stifles much needed national security debate and will deprive the government of valuable expertise. Her actions are poised to make Americans less safe and America less free.
I suspect they already have.