Trump’s Picks for FBI Chief and National Intelligence Director Face Challenges

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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We look at Donald Trump’s plans to nominate former Hawaii congress member Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence, and Kash Patel as FBI chief. Nearly one hundred former national security officials have raised alarms about Gabbard’s sympathy for dictators like Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad, while Patel has said he wants to dismantle the FBI. We talk about the domestic and national security implications of the picks. Guests: Josh Meyer, domestic security correspondent, USA Today Garrett Graff, journalist and historian Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.7	Coming up on forum, Donald Trump's controversial picks to be Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and FBI director, Cash Patel, are meeting with GOP senators on Capitol Hill
1:18.1	this week. Nearly 100 former national security officials have raised alarms about Gabbard's
1:23.4	sympathy for dictators like Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad, while fierce Trump loyalist Patel
1:30.2	has said he wants to dismantle the agency he's been picked to lead. We look at how Gabbard and
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