Why Trump's pick for intelligence chief worries national security officials

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

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Former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is among nearly 100 former intelligence and national security officials who have expressed concern about President-elect Trump's pick of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence. Sherman joins us to explain why she's concerned the selection of Gabbard could lead allies to think twice about sharing intelligence with the United States. Then, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation this week that would prevent companies that own pharmacies from also owning pharmacy benefit managers, middlemen that oversee prescription drug benefits for companies. "Full Disclosure" host Roben Farzad talks about what the legislation seeks to do. And, according to a new investigation from ProPublica, formaldehyde is in the air we breathe, causing more cancer than any other airborne chemical. ProPublica's Topher Sanders tells us more.

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0:33.6	The United Kingdom, Great Britain, is whether they will continue to share intelligence with us if she is the show. The United Kingdom, Great Britain, is whether they will continue to share intelligence
0:39.0	with us if she is the Director of National Intelligence, because they may be worried that they
0:45.0	won't know who she will share that intelligence with. One former diplomat's case against
0:51.4	Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence.
0:55.8	It's Thursday, December 12th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBOR.
1:01.4	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:10.1	Today on the show, a bipartisan bill looks to break up health conglomerates, including United
1:16.4	Health Group.
1:20.0	Also, an exhaustive investigation finds the invisible danger of toxic formaldehyde is everywhere,
1:30.3	thanks to decades of successful lobbying. I wish it was a new story, but it's one we've heard over and over again, with industry having
1:36.6	seemingly an outsized influence on the process. That story coming up in about 10 minutes.
1:42.9	But first, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for
1:45.9	Director of National Intelligence is meeting with senators this week to try to shore up support.
1:51.6	Tulsi Gabbard, the former Hawaii Congresswoman who switched from Democrat to Republican to
1:56.1	support Trump, needs Senate approval to get the job. But last week, dozens of former diplomats and spies
2:03.2	signed a letter urging more scrutiny of her nomination in Congress. One of them is Wendy Sherman.
2:09.6	She is a former deputy secretary of state who served under three Democratic presidents and five
2:14.8	secretaries of state. We called her up to explain her reasoning.
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