Gabbard tries to explain Snowden support to skeptical intel leaders

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Source: The Hill

01/18/25 6:00 AM ET


Tulsi Gabbard is trying to explain her past support for Edward Snowden, including her push to pardon the national security leaker, to a tough crowd: members of the Senate Intelligence Committee considering her confirmation.

When she was still in the House, Gabbard introduced a resolution calling for all charges to be dropped against Snowden. And she urged President-elect Trump at the end of his first term to pardon people who “exposed the deception and criminality of those in the deep state,” in commenting on another post specifically mentioning Snowden.

That is not the type of rhetoric you hear on Snowden from members of Congress’s two intelligence committees.

“I don’t think Edward Snowden is a patriot by any means. He’s a traitor to his own nation,” said Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/national-security/5092295-gabbard-defends-snowden-position/