President-elect Donald Trump nominated a grossly unqualified person, Tulsi Gabbard, to be Director of National Intelligence. The Senate rejects her nomination, while working with the House of Representatives to strengthen the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's effectiveness and capabilities in meeting the national security challenges of the coming decades. A review should be conducted and oversight of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence should be strengthened.
The day after the election, President Trump A video has been released He said the US government's national security apparatus was being “weaponized” and called for a “complete” overhaul of the US government's national security apparatus. A week later, he announced that he would nominate Gabbard as director of national intelligence. The Director of National Intelligence is the position that oversees and coordinates all agencies that make up the U.S. intelligence community.
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks and Iraq's weapons of mass destruction fiasco, and to prevent similar disasters in the future, Congress created the position and office of Director of National Intelligence. Information Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
the act state Specifically, “the person appointed as the DNI shall have extensive national security experience” and provides the Secretary with national intelligence that is timely, objective, and independent of political considerations. It is also required.
Gabbard is a former member of Congress from Hawaii. has been He is a member of the state's National Guard and is currently a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. She is being sent overseas.
She has no intelligence background and is a large organization with large budgets and complex national security challenges that require planning and budgeting years in advance to develop and deploy new technological capabilities. I have no experience as a person in charge.
But she has a history of repeating what was supplied to her by the Kremlin. conspiracy theory About Ukraine and Syria, and support a dictatorformer Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, and others.
she too There is a link to An organization based in India that actively supports Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign and domestic policies.
Gabbard wants to “completely reform” the U.S. intelligence community and other national security agencies, given her lack of legally required work experience and her history of bringing foreign perspectives to bear on issues important to the United States. It seems an odd choice to oversee President Trump's desire to do so.
This raises the question whether, despite IRTPA's provision that U.S. national intelligence agencies be independent of political considerations, President Trump wants to make these agencies more effective in providing facts to policymakers; It raises the question of whether they want to subordinate Trump and his views on world affairs.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has a history of effective bipartisan oversight of the intelligence community. To ensure that those confirmed to serve in senior intelligence leadership positions in the Trump administration are able to do so, and to meet future challenges from other countries and rapidly move forward. A bipartisan approach will be needed to make any review more effective in taking advantage of our changing national security. We are not telling policymakers what they want to hear about the relevant technologies.
Therefore, if Senate leadership cannot persuade President Trump to recommend a DNI nominee with the necessary experience for the job, the Special Senate Intelligence Committee should reject Gabbard's nomination. However, in rejecting the nomination, we worked with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to discuss the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and its role in guiding and coordinating the U.S. intelligence community and supporting policymakers in other countries. An overdue review should be initiated. National security agencies.
It has been 20 years since the board position and secretariat were established. A disciplined look at what worked and what didn't work during this period and what needs to change to enable this office and the rest of the intelligence community to respond effectively. There are lessons to be learned from this. An increasingly dangerous and complex world. The results of this bipartisan Congressional review will likely lead to a “total overhaul” for which Trump can claim credit.
Americans have learned the hard way that intelligence failures can lead to high costs in blood and treasure. We can no longer tolerate the failures of 9/11 and weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Our intelligence community needs competent, experienced leadership and diligent oversight from Congress.
Congress' rejection of Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to the DNI, coupled with a detailed review of how the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has been functioning and what changes are needed there, will In short, it would be a win-win for the American people and Mr. Trump.
Kenneth C. Brill is a former diplomat who served as an ambassador in both Republican and Democratic administrations and was the founding director of the National Nonproliferation Center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
