QA ONLY: Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence Confirmation 01-30-25

1. ...to give this committee your full and truthful testimony?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=1976

2. ...and politicizing their past positions and credentials?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=2773

3. ...that John Bolton's actions likewise undermined public trust?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=2846

4. ...the Odni to its original size, scope, and function?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=2889

5. ...or no question? Do you still think Edward Snowden is brave?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3070

6. ...was not appropriate? Do you believe he is brave or not?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3134

7. ...what are the reforms that have led you to now support?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3261

8. ...a pardon or any kind of clemency for Edward Snowden?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3442

9. ...may cause tremendous harm to our country or our allies?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3546

10. ...met with any members, leaders, or affiliates of Hezbollah?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3672

11. ...the terrorist threat to our country and to Americans abroad?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3746

12. ...person query of section 702. Is this your current position?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3825

13. ...program. Do you support, as I do, eliminating this language?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3868

14. ...from Congress? And here, I'd like a yes or no.
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3905

15. ...restrictions. Will you reconfirm that position this morning?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=3953

16. ...opposition to these mandates. Is that still your position?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=4013

17. ...permission from agencies to talk to us? That's a yes or no.
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=4045

18. ...in order to inform his judgments as commander in chief?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=4137

19. ...not implicated by search of lawfully collected intelligence?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=4223

20. ...overwhelmingly held that a warrant is not required, correct?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=4272

21. ...the Cohen brothers and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=4443

22. ...Uh. Systematic torture and the killing of so many Syrians?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=4503

23. ...goal or what did you accomplish by meeting with Grand Mufti?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=4613

24. ...war? How do you see Russia as a threat to the United States?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=4779

25. ...direct and manner, based upon the facts as known?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5055

26. ...calls, emails, zooms, uh, contact with him or his lawyers?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5121

27. ...enormous, uh, compromises of our national security? You?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5296

28. But you still introduced your bill to essentially.
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5391

29. ...to hear your heart on this. So was Edward Snowden a traitor?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5551

30. ...option you could take, and here's how to be able to do it.
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5707

31. ...Edward Snowden a traitor to the United States of America?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5756

32. ...not a hard question to answer when the stakes are this high?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5832

33. ...becoming a member of NATO. Did you say that? Yes or no?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5917

34. ...objective long before that. Did you say that? Yes or no?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5960

35. ...the Russians have said to justify their invasion of Ukraine?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=5976

36. ...state TV then aired your comments? Did you know that?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6039

37. ...You served as a congressperson for, what, eight years?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6214

38. ...a battalion commander. Talk about that a little bit, please.
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6245

39. ...regard to the continuation of 702 and your support for it?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6408

40. ...you had a problem with in the first place. Is that correct?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6469

41. ...Um, how do you view China in your national security role?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6499

42. ...BS. Can you explain why you have this view on TikTok?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6562

43. ...so important that we require domestic ownership of TikTok?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6654

44. ...president in future issues with regard to national security?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6794

45. ...the Soleimani strikes, such as previous Secretary Pompeo?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6835

46. ...I'll give you an opportunity to respond, hopefully briefly.
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6893

47. ...unquote. Do you have any reflection on this assessment?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=6944

48. ...professionals. How do you think he'll be received?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=7035

49. ...intelligence and make careful and thoughtful conclusions?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=7220

50. ...broadly, that Assad used chemical weapons against Syrians?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=7280

51. ...culpable in these two attacks. Is that still your position?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=7316

52. ...aware of the declassified assessments? The one I referenced?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=7381

53. ...and the Foreign Affairs Committee. Is that correct?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=7662

54. ...factual, and objective intelligence to policymakers?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=7689

55. ...new statutory safeguards that they're fully implemented?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=7811

56. ...were you, uh, when? 911. We all remember where we were.
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=7992

57. ...stovepiping was, um, a problem in our intelligence failure?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=8053

58. ...based on your reading. Um, Okay. Could you elaborate? Just.
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=8065

59. ...be getting back to the same problem that we had in 2001?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=8132

60. ...is your understanding of that now? And what are your plans?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=8216

61. ...What will you do if you're dealing with an illegal order?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=8371

62. I'm not asking you a question?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=8394

63. ...in the scope of Edward Snowden's traitorous activities?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=8441

64. ...like a folk hero by you instead of the traitor that he was?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=8637

65. ...and have you had any views that have shifted in that regard?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=8737

66. ...their motives might have been before making these claims?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=8895

67. ...reimbursed, but did you pay for the trip in the outset?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=9227

68. Thank you. You are who? You are who?
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=9397

69. You. Good to. See you.
https://youtu.be/_wLa_S9HxJs?t=9483