One America News Network By Sophia Flores
During her highly-anticipated confirmation hearing, deciding whether she will be the next director of national intelligence, lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee questioned Tulsi Gabbard on a plethora of topics — ranging from her past statements on Edward Snowden to Syria’s use of chemical weapons.
On Thursday, in front of a packed room, Gabbard answered questions for three hours from Senators on both sides of the aisle.
Gabbard’s confirmation is believed to be the most difficult path to confirmation out of all of President Donald Trump’s White House cabinet picks, as she has no formal intelligence experience and has never run a government agency or department.
Her past views on the Edward Snowden file leaks was a contentious and highly discussed topic during her hearing.
“Is Edward Snowden a traitor to the United States of America?” Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) said. “That is not a hard question to answer.”
While Gabbard tried to distance herself from Snowden during the hearing, she was not open to bashing and calling the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor a “traitor” to the United States.
Gabbard has a history of condemning illicit government misconduct and secrecy where the American people are made to be pawns, or when Americans are being taken advantage of in any way unbeknownst to them…
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