Source: The Bulwark
by Benjamin Parker
“Pity Tulsi Gabbard. She has a very hard job. As director of national intelligence, she’s responsible for overseeing the largest foreign intelligence enterprise in the world, a multi-billion-dollar behemoth of eighteen agencies spread across multiple departments. At the same time, she’s the ‘principal adviser to the President, to the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to the national security,’ as laid out by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which created the position. The post has relatively little authority but a huge amount of responsibility. However, Gabbard also has a second job, which, unlike her official role, isn’t spelled out in law. As a courtier of Donald Trump, she’s there to make the boss look good — and, possibly more important, feel good. These two jobs were bound to clash eventually, and the Israel–Iran conflict forced the issue.” (06/18/25)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-should-fire-tulsi-gabbard-iran-nuclear-weapons-dni-intelligence