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| Source:The Hill with a look at National Intelligence Director nominee Tulsi Gabbard's bad day in front of Congress. |
From The Hill
Also from The Hill:
"Atop Gabbard’s to-do list on Thursday was winning over a pair of Senate Republicans who are believed to be on the fence about her nomination: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Todd Young (Ind.). She cannot afford to lose even a single GOP vote on the committee.
Young, a former Marine intelligence officer, pressed Gabbard hard about Snowden, seemingly unimpressed with her answers.
He asked about a House Intelligence Committee report that found Snowden “caused tremendous damage” including “to military, defense and intelligence programs of great interest to America’s adversaries.”
Gabbard reiterated her oft-used line that Snowden “broke the law” and that she would push to avoid a repeat instance in the future. The answer did not appear sufficient for Young.
“It’s notable you didn’t say, ‘Yes, he clearly hurt, in various ways, our national security,’” Young responded.
Young went on to ask about how she thinks rank-and-file members of the intelligence community will receive her given her past comments about Snowden and whether he “betrayed the trust of the American people” — adding that marks the definition of a “traitor.”
Gabbard once again said Snowden broke the law and repeated similar lines she peppered members with on Snowden-related questions.
Young finally retorted that Snowden was watching the hearing and declared it would do her a world of good “if you would at least acknowledge that the greatest whistleblower … harmed national security by breaking the laws of the land around our intel authority...
From The Hill
From The Economic Times:
"During the tense Senate confirmation hearing, Sen. Amy Klobuchar grilled Kash Patel over his past controversial statements about the FBI. Klobuchar pressed for more time, clashing with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who reminded her of the rules."
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| Source:The Economic Times with a look at the heated exchange between FBI Director nominee Kash Patel & U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (Democrat, Minnesota) |
From The Economic Times
I think I'm agreement with The Hill right here. Not often have I said that in the last 6 months where a lot of their email alerts has looked very soft-MAGA, if not pro-MAGA. But I don't think Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy JR., will get out of committee. The margins or just too tight there and with no Democrats on either the Senate Intelligence or Finance Committee saying they'll vote for either nominee. Which means President Trump can only lose at most 2 votes. And he can't lose a single vote on the Intelligence Committee. And Senator Todd Young looks like a no right now for Gabbard.
As my colleague Fred Schneider said yesterday about Tulsi Gabbard's hearing:
"This is what Senator Michael Bennet (Democrat, Colorado) was trying to get at here by simply asking Tulsi Gabbard whether or not she thinks Edward Snowden who illegally declassified classified U.S. military and intelligence secrets, so even rogue states like Russia, Syria, and Iran could have that information... was a traitor or not. And she knows about this story because she was in the U.S. House from 2013, 2021 and was in the U.S. Army before that.
Imagine being a teacher and you have a class of students of just party girls and boys, who never do any homework, never study for anything (other where the next party is going to be and how much alcohol they can get away with) and every time you give them an assignment or test, they all fail the assignment and test. That's what it must be like for these senators to try to interview Bob Kennedy, Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth. (A couple weeks ago) They can't, or won't answer the most basic of questions, because they don't either know the answers, or are worried about offending their dear leader."
From The New Democrat
It's not just Senator Michael Bennet (Democrat, Colorado) who has real issues about Tulsi Gabbard when it comes to her commitment to America's national security. And not 1 Democrat on the Intelligence Committee is going to vote for her in committee. Its Senator Todd Young (Republican, Indiana) who is a Marine veteran, who also has serious problems with Gabbard on Edward Snowden as well. And perhaps her statements in favor of the Russian government and the Syrian government.
As far as Senator Amy Klobuchar's (Democrat, Minnesota) exchange with Kash Patel who is President Trump's nominee for FBI Director... she was just repeating his statements that he made in public and wondering if he still stands behind them or not.
The best questioners in Congress tend to be lawyers, generally prosecutors because they know not just what to ask, but how to ask the questions. Kamala Harris proved that when she was in the Senate and made most of her very brief time in Congress about her ability to question witnesses in committee. Senator Adam Schiff did the same thing when he was in the House. Senator Klobuchar who is also a former prosecutor, is doing the same thing here.
Senator Klobuchar was simply trying to see if Mr. Patel stands by his past statements and record or not, especially his anti-FBI and anti-law enforcement statements. And he refused to give yes or no responses to these simple questions and basically claimed that he was taken out of context. Good thing for him that the Senate Judiciary Committee is not a court of law. Because the lawyer would've just showed him his statements and perhaps provided the video of them and he would've been forced to answer yes or no on most of them, or be held in contempt.
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