Many of the officials who signed the letter opposing Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) are linked to groups targeting “election misinformation,” left-wing organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense contractors. There is.
specific members of american foreign policy, The group behind the letter has ties to organizations ranging from Lockheed Martin to George Soros' Open Society Foundations. Nearly 100 national security officials made the announcement. letter Calling for a “thorough review” of Gabbard, it was addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and soon-to-be Majority Leader John Thune.
Wendy Sherman, former Deputy Secretary of State criticized Gabbard's views on the Russia-Ukraine war, former U.S. Counterintelligence Director Joel Brenner slammed the nomination as “an insult to our nation's intelligence community,” and former senior CIA official Melvin Gamble said her nomination was “an insult to our country.” Any American who cares about maintaining safety should be concerned. “
But these very same people are part of a group of intelligence officials that President-elect Donald Trump has indicated he wants to remove from power.
FP4A and nearly 100 national security leaders are calling on the Senate to thoroughly scrutinize Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as Director of National Intelligence.
Her qualifications and past statements raise serious concerns about her ability to fill this important role.
Click here for the full letter ⬇️
— American foreign policy (@FP4America) December 4, 2024
“This is a perfect example of why President Trump chose Tulsi Gabbard for this role,” Gabbard's transition spokeswoman Alexa Henning told the Daily Caller. (Related: 'National security' officials who supported Harris have ties to Intel agencies and defense contractors)
“These baseless attacks are the work of the same geniuses bled by decades of false 'information' involving non-existent weapons of mass destruction. These intelligence officials continue to use classified information as a partisan weapon to smear or imply things about political opponents without disclosing the facts. ”
Tulsi Gabbard (R), President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, heads to the Russell Senate Office Building with Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on December 9, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Much of the group's criticism of Gabbard centered on her 2017 meeting with then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Much of that criticism was not seen by Democratic California Rep. Nancy Pelosi. Someone I met again With President Assad in 2007.
Mr. Sherman is He previously criticized Trump. He was charged with trying to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria in 2018.
Assad left the country and fled to Russia last week after the rebel coalition Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) overthrew his government. HTS is considered a terrorist organization by many governments around the world, including the United States. The group's leader, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, was previously the leader of an al-Qaeda affiliate in the country.
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Sherman negotiated with terrorists on behalf of the Obama administration before criticizing Gabbard for meeting with foreign dictators. She was his undersecretary of state for political affairs and played a key role in negotiating the Iran nuclear deal. In 2016, the Obama administration lifted the freeze on approximately $2 billion in Iranian regime assets.
Rose Gottemoeller Joel Brenner and Brian P. McKeown All served in the Obama administration and vehemently criticized Gabbard's nomination. President Obama launched a CIA program to remove Assad in 2013, but it ultimately failed and President Trump ended the program in 2017.
Gabbard called Assad a “brutal dictator.” interview Speaking to CNN in 2019, he defended the talks as a way to prevent the United States from becoming embroiled in foreign entanglements.
“He's a brutal dictator. Like Saddam Hussein. Like Gaddafi in Libya,” Gabbard told CNN.
Far from undermining Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation chances, this week's events prove what she claimed a decade ago that al-Qaeda would be the main beneficiary of regime change in Syria. The leader of HTS is a designated terrorist and former leader of Jabhat al-Nusra.
— Michael Brendan Doherty (@michaelbd) December 8, 2024
Some of the officials opposing Gabbard's nomination are affiliated with organizations focused on combating “disinformation” in elections. shaman currently serving as a senior fellow at the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School; Former Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary John Tien also signed the letter and is the country's senior researcher. Belfer Center.
According to CISA's “Disinformation in 2020,” the Belfer Center was participating in a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) training seminar on election “disinformation.” YouTube video. CISA relied on the center's Digital Democracy Defense Project (D3P), which is led by former individuals. army intelligence Officer Eric Rosenbach, ex-Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney Campaign manager.
Belfer Center too partnered and National Democratic Institute (NDI) and International Republican Institute (IRI) Both are funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to tackle “election misinformation,” according to USA Spending.
6. Harvard University as a Thought Leader on Censorship:
Harvard University has four different centers, all involved in different aspects of social media censorship work.
– Belfer Center
– Berkman Klein Center
– Shorenstein Center
– Kennedy Center pic.twitter.com/UsRPLSZfD2— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) May 30, 2023
USAID, which has been accused of being a front for the CIA, has several alumni who signed the letter. donald sampler and Dr. Eric Rudenshiold. In addition, Andrew Albertson, Executive Director of U.S. Foreign Policy, worked Within USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI).
Several U.S. foreign policy members are also affiliated with Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, which recently held discussions with Never Trump. neocon Bill Kristol. In September 2024, event Regarding “free and fair elections'', “foreign interference, disinformation, [and] political violence. ”
Alex T. Johnson, former Chief of Staff for Security and Cooperation at the European Commission, signed the letter. Senior policy advisor Until February 2019, he worked for George Soros's Open Society Foundations, focusing on Europe and Eurasia.
In addition to ties to left-wing organizations fighting “disinformation,” some members have ties to defense contractors and organizations funded by them.
NATO Deputy General Secretary Rose Gottemoeller speaks after a press conference at the headquarters of the NATO-led international peacekeeping force KFOR (Kosovo Forces) in Pristina on October 27, 2017, during an official visit to Kosovo.
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The Woodrow Wilson Center funding From Lockheed Martin in 2023. ambassador anthony stephen harrington and Kenneth S. Yarowitz Both are fellows and signed a letter opposing Gabbard's nomination. Another official named in the letter, John D. Butler, was previously a member of the board. lockheed martin.
There are “major red flags” about Gabbard, said Rose Gottemoeller, a senior fellow in the nuclear program at the Carnegie Endowment for National Peace. Carnegie received funding from Boeing and Soros' Open Society Foundations. According to Until the 2023 report.
The letter's signatories, former Ambassador Kenneth S. Yarowitz and former Acting Assistant Secretary of State Annie Pforzheimer, are both members of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). CFR has received funding from BlackRock, various banks, big tech companies like Google, as well as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, according to CFR's listing. corporate membership.
Well, if national security experts disagree @TulsiGabbard…
Shut up!
Vote to confirm @TulsiGabbard https://t.co/iZIxqnHHvi
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 6, 2024
Another official, former Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon, said: Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. In 2022, then-Vice President Joe Biden's classified documents were discovered in his office at the Penn Biden Center. (Related: Republican senator who could block Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation received huge check from defense industry)
But last Monday, hundreds of veterans approved Gabbard was nominated and honored for her military service.
“Tulsi has been a passionate advocate for the health of veterans, both as a member of Congress and as a civilian, regarding toxic exposure and cancer treatment from her fellow veterans' military service. Tulsi's life is one of selflessness, courage, and courage. , embodies a rare blend of leadership qualities that are desperately needed to reform and strengthen our intelligence services,” their letter said.
