Posted on 01/25/2025 5:05:28 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Axios reported Wednesday that some Republican Senators are opposing President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Office of Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, on the grounds that she’s expressed support for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden—whose disclosures revealed how U.S. agencies are spying on Americans.
“There’s definitely a risk that she won’t even survive the committee process,” one Republican senator, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, reportedly told Axios.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, did speak on the record about legislation Gabbard co-sponsored with former Rep. Matt Gaetz to have the Justice Department drop its espionage charges against Snowden. Collins reportedly told Axios she is concerned about the legislation. According to Axios, she said that “it’s something that came up in my own review of [Gabbard’s] record.”
Gabbard’s team, for its part, said that “There is not one GOP senator on record opposing Lt. Col. Gabbard’s nomination.”
Gabbard, who for years was a vocal opponent of domestic surveillance, has already compromised on that issue. Earlier this month, she reportedly said that she now supports warrantless spying on Americans via Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 702 allows the U.S. government to collect without a warrant the communications of targeted foreigners located in other countries — including when those subjects are in contact with Americans or other people inside the U.S.
The arrangement often results in Americans having their communications read. Gabbard now says she supports this due to recent reforms from the last Congress.
“If confirmed as DNI, I will uphold Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights while maintaining vital national security tools like Section 702 to ensure the safety and freedom of the American people,” she said coming out of last week’s round of private Senate meetings.
“My prior concerns about FISA were based on insufficient protections for civil liberties, particularly regarding the FBI’s misuse of warrantless search powers on American citizens. Significant FISA reforms have been enacted since my time in Congress to address these issues.”
LOL!! One GOP Senator who wanted to remain anonymous, and Susan Collins. Let me guess the anonymous was McConnell and/or Murkowski. Usual suspects.
They’re just look8ng for anything they can blame!
This isn’t about morality or ethics or anything honorable!
They are the deep-state and need to be removed!
Susan Collins covers her deep-state corruption with her fake emotive, concerned grandmother schtick
The intelligence services must have a lot on members of Congress. They’ll do anything to protect the CIA, FBI, NSA, etc.
Trump: “Confirm Tulsi Gabbard or I’ll recess appoint Matt Gaetz.”
Susan Collins covers her deep-state corruption with her fake emotive, concerned grandmother schtick
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The GOP must do everything it possibly can to rid the party of that hag and her squeeze up there in Alaska. No need to worry about Moron Mitch, the Grim Reaper will soon take him out.
However one might see this, the notion of global surveillance is not something generally conservatives and libertarian sorts would condone. As one watches the parallel stories of FISA courts and "unauthorized communication of national defense information" issues, one thing seems clear. Surveillance of a criminal is one thing, surveillance of a suspected criminal is another, and importantly surveillance of law-abiding citizens is very, very different.
One finds:
"The FISC order is replete with problems. It describes the government's repeated, widespread violations—over a seven-year period—of procedures for searching its databases of internet communications involving Americans, all without a warrant. These searches included especially sensitive people and groups, including donors to a political campaign>/B>."Remember when the press went after "right-wing Republicans" last year for opposing what was subsequently passed?Source: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Has Made a Mockery of the Constitutional Right to Privacy Electronic Frontier Foundation, 1 June 2023.
These same RINO reprobates approved two transvestites and a bunch of queers for Biden without batting an eye!!!!!
In hia first week, 0bumma had 12 of his cabinet choices approved!!
Trump is going to get you, scummy traitors
That’s our Trump!
I think I would be concerned about Susan Collins’s motivations. She’s always voting with democrats. Those aren’t good people. Bad characters.
I will support her since she has all the right enemies.
I think she and RFK may have trouble, but Patel should not.
Absolutely not true at all., They even abused it with a sitting president. Oh, that's right, you hate Trump so that's okay with you.
Snowden exposed the lies they were telling the American public about the spying being performed on all citizens.
It will be another 50-50 deal if we are lucky same with Patel
Snowdon is more American than much of the Congress Critter Crowd.
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