The Dark Age of American Intelligence

Tulsi Gabbard and the End of Intelligence Sharing

As of this past Wednesday, Tulsi Gabbard is officially the Director of National Intelligence.

Tulsi Gabbard represents a major challenge to the basic functions of American government and the long-term safety of the American people. Tulsi’s sympathies for the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and ideological alignment with Russian media networks like RT suggest that her tenure as DNI will be characterized by an adversarial relationship to the rest of the intelligence community. The best-case scenario for the United States is that Tulsi Gabbard’s willingness to accept the narratives peddled by adversaries of America at face value is the result of poor judgement. The worst-case scenario is that Tulsi Gabbard is operating in bad-faith and actively seeking to limit American intelligence capabilities. Regardless of whichever scenario is closer to reality, the United States will face major changes in how its allies will approach the process of intelligence sharing.

We can expect that our …