“This happens even in good times - someone in the intelligence community who for personal financial or other reasons walks into an embassy to sell America out - but DOGE is taking it to a whole new level,” said John Schindler, a former counterintelligence official.
As Donald Trump, Elon Musk fire thousands of federal workers, concerns about espionage rise
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John Schindler, a former NSA counterintelligence official, said Ms. Gabbard’s nomination raises significant counterintelligence questions, including why she adopted positions that appear pro-Putin and pro-Assad and apparently lied about a trip to Syria in 2017 when she met Mr. Assad.
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's unorthodox intelligence pick, to face Senate grilling on past positions
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