Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's nominee to serve as the director of national intelligence, answered a question about why she repeated "Russian talking points" about the U.S. supporting al-Qaeda, while opposing U.

Gabbard was questioned by Republicans and Democrats alike on her views of Snowden and whether she believes he was a traitor. She declined to say she believed he was a traitor, repeating that she felt he had broken the law and reiterating a point that she has made in the past, that he exposed practices that have resulted in the reform of 702.

Most Democrats and even some Republicans seemed uneasy with Tulsi Gabbard and her answers to their questions during her confirmation hearing with the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Aspiring spy boss Tulsi Gabbard defended most of her controversial foreign policy takes during a lively Senate hearing Thursday, including her meeting with former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and her prior doubts about the legitimacy of US intelligence on his use of chemical weapons against his own people.

NPR speaks with Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, about the confirmation hearing for Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to lead national intelligence.

President Trump’s choice to serve as the director of national intelligence faced tough questions from senators in both parties.

Critics blasted the meeting as legitimizing Assad four years after he used lethal chemical weapons on Syrian civilians. "It was common knowledge that Assad was gassing the civilian population,

With Democrats opposed and some Republican votes wavering, the committee could employ unusual maneuvers to advance Trump’s controversial pick for director of national intelligence.

Democratic Sens. Mark Kelly and Mark Warner expressed concerns over how Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's pick to be the director of national intelligence, would perform the job.

Arizona Senator Mark Kelly questioned Director of National Intelligence Nominee Tulsi Gabbard on her past meetings with Bashar Al-Assad and support of Edward Snowden.

Any one of those resume bullet points might be enough to sink her precariously perched nomination, but in her confirmation hearing today it was Edward Snowden that dominated the discussion. Judging from the line of questioning from senators in both parties,