Scrutiny over director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard’s ties to foreign leaders has led some Democratic lawmakers to express worry over how her potential confirmation could impact trust and the flow of intelligence information between the U.S. and foreign countries.
“I think that people, just in general, tend to be more wary of people who they feel don’t share the same value set that they do,” Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a Pennsylvania Democrat who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, told NOTUS. “I worry very much that her record would indicate that it would be wise if somebody wouldn’t be as willing to share information with her.”
Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told NOTUS that intelligence sharing is “one of the issues that we’re certainly concerned about,” although he said it’s too early to tell.