Tulsi Gabbard's tenure as director of national intelligence in the Trump administration faces a potential shakeup. Participants in the discussion Washington Week with The Atlantic joined to discuss the future of the administration's national security complex.
Gabbard joined the Trump administration in the “MAGA wing without war and without foreign interference,” the magazine's staff writer said. Atlantic Shane Harris said last night. But in the wake of U.S. airstrikes on Iran, Gabbard has been moving very quickly to “align the intelligence in his statements” with the president's policy preferences, Harris explained. “This is dangerous when conducting reconnaissance. This is what intelligence professionals try to avoid.” This is also “the politicization of intelligence,” he continued, “which is exactly what [Gabbard] said she was going to leave the intelligence community.”
I join the editor-in-chief AtlanticJeffrey Goldberg to discuss this and more: Shane Harris, Magazine Staff Writer Atlantic; David Ignatius, columnist Washington Post; Andrea Mitchell, Chief Washington and Foreign Affairs Correspondent NBC News; and Ashley Parker, magazine staff writer Atlantic.
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