EXCLUSIVE: Dozens of the best former intelligence officials urge the members of the Senate to confirm President Donald Trump nominated for the national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard, To say that she “will start to cancel the blatant politicization that has come to characterize the intelligence bureaucracies”, learned Fox News Digital.
The former national security advisor of the White House, Robert O’Brien, former interim director of national intelligence Ric Grenell, veteran of Navy Seal and member of the intelligence community Erik Prince and more than four dozen other alumni Intelligence managers have written a letter to the president of the senatorial intelligence committee Tom Cotton, R-Ark., And Vice-President Mark Warner, D-VA., Monday, obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital.
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“We, the former intelligence and national security officials, urge members of the US Senate to confirm Tulsi Gabbard To serve as director of national intelligence of President Trump, “they wrote.” Its service as DNI will begin to cancel the blatant politicization which has come to characterize the intelligence bureaucracies, which was to the great detriment of the United States and its citizens. “”
Tulsi Gabbard is a military officer with more than 20 years of service and several combat deployments. (Getty Images)
The officials said that Gabbard’s experience “” more than qualifying it for this important position “.
Gabbard is a military officer with more than 20 years of service and several combat deployments. She also served the House of United States representatives for eight years and has sat on numerous national security committees.
The officials said that Gabbard was “a frank champion for American warriors and our dear constitutional freedoms”.
“In these two roles, she knew first-hand how intelligence, when used as planned, provides critical support to American military and political leaders,” they wrote. “When the information was mistreated, Lieutenant-Colonel Gabbard spoke and insisted on the guarantees.”
The officials said that Tulsi Gabbard, here with President Donald Trump, is “a frank champion for American warriors and for our expensive constitutional freedoms”. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP via Getty Images)
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The officials said that “unlike the many former senior intelligence officials who politicize their profession and have dishonored themselves by conducting disinformation operations to undermine the President of the United States – as by signing the infamous Russian disinformation letter Biden’s laptop The partisan programs to knowingly induce the public with false claims of interior knowledge and access to classified information – Colonel Gabbard defended the truth, integrity and follow -up of the facts.
The officials said that these are “precisely the values necessary for the head of the intelligence community”.
“As an animal collectors, analysts, consumers and intelligence catalysts, we support Lieutenant-Colonel Tulsi Gabbard to direct the CI,” they wrote. “It has integrity and moral courage, to restore objectivity and professionalism to the intelligence agencies of the nation.”
Former national security adviser Robert O’Brien and more than four dozen former intelligence officials wrote a letter on Monday, urging the members of the Senate to confirm Tulsi Gabbard. (Eloisa Lopez / Pool / AFP via Getty Images)
The letter comes as Gabbard was examined by some senators who criticized his intelligence experience.
But Allies of Gabbard defended his record and said it was essential that someone having “new eyes” and “without bias” directs the intelligence community. They also argued that Gabbard knows, first of all, the consequences of an inaccurate intelligence, given his service in the war against terrorism.
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“She saw the real cost of war,” said a source close to the Gabbard confirmation process at Fox News Digital.
“It is a force, not a weakness, that it has no direct experience of the Intel agency,” continued the source. “She was a consumer during her time deployed abroad – but not having direct experience in agencies is a force because she will come with clear eyes and no bias for the Intel community which must regain the confidence of the American people and Do not be used as a political tool, armed against them.
Ric Grenell, former interim director of national intelligence, speaks in July 2024. He was another name on the letter to Tom Cotton, R-Ark., And Mark Warner, D-VA. (Mike Segar / Reuters)
Gabbard’s confirmation hearing with the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence should take place Thursday morning.
Trump argued that Gabbard will bring an “intrepid spirit that defined his illustrious career to our intelligence community, defending our constitutional rights and ensuring peace by force”.
The National Intelligence Director directs the American Intelligence Community, which includes the supervision of the National Intelligence Program and advise the president on security issues.
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Gabbard has been a lieutenant-colonel in the army reserves since 2021, after having previously served in the National Guard of the Hawaii army for about 17 years. She was elected to US House representing Hawaii during The 2012 electoral cycle, serving as a democrat until 2021. She did not ask the re -election of this office after entering the race of the White House 2020.
Gabbard left the Democratic Party in 2022, registering as an independent before becoming a member of the GOP in 2024 and offering him complete Trump approval in the middle of his presidential campaign.
Gabbard received the support of dozens of national security officials and, in December, received endorsements more than 250 veteransIncluding high -level names such as retirement general Michael Flynn and the former acting secretary for defense Chris Miller.