Tulsi Gabbard, then a Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic hopeful for president, appeared on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast and made an impassioned case for pardoning Edward Snowden. The former U.S. intelligence contractor,

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to be Director of National Intelligence, refused to call Edward Snowden a traitor at her confirmation hearing.

Tulsi Gabbard fought back against what she called “smears,” declaring she is nobody’s “puppet” before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Curt Mills Gabbard, who has a reputation as an outsider, looked like a seasoned political professional from the very start. Her opening line was a home run: She said she was motivated to be director of national intelligence because of the intelligence failures that led to the war in Iraq.

Tulsi Gabbard faced tough questions Thursday about past comments about Russia, Syria and government leaker Edward Snowden during a Senate confirmation hearing on her nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence service.

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, sought on Thursday to dispel senators’ doubts about her national security record, but was still unwilling to call whistleblower Edward Snowden a traitor or disavow her 2017 meetings with Syrian ruler Bashar Assad.

WASHINGTON >> Former U.S. Rep.Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s choice to be director of national intelligence, faced harsh criticism of her past defense of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and comments seen as supportive of Russia at a confirmation hearing today.

Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as intelligence chief looked to be in serious trouble Friday as Republican senators expressed concerns about her answers at a confirmation hearing. President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for director of national intelligence angered Republicans by refusing to condemn government leaker Edward Snowden as well as her unorthodox foreign policy views on Russia and

Senators of both parties sharply questioned Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, during a tense and at times combative hearing Thursday that could signal a challenging confirmation fight.

Testimony by President Trump’s pick for intelligence chief adds uncertainty to her prospects to be confirmed.

Preferring to defend spy agencies and line up behind the hawkish consensus, the bipartisan elite ignores the director of national intelligence nominee’s rampant Islamophobia.