Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger Gives WARNING on Trump Picks
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Who is Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger and why is she relevant to this discussion?
I'm joined by Democratic Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger of Virginia's seventh congressional district. Congresswoman Spanberger is also running for governor in the great state of Virginia. Congresswoman, you also spent your career working at the CIA. So you're uniquely positioned to answer some of these questions that all of our viewers are having, especially with Donald Trump's recent appointment. So I just want to get your take on his nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence.
It's a it's a shocking but not wholly surprising nomination. Um and and I say that as an issue of national security. That is not a partisan issue, that's not a political issue, that's not a you know, a it's a Donald Trump nomination issue. Із об'єктивний а проблем. uh that he has nominated her to be the D and I and it is uh a dangerous possibility that she might be confirmed for that role. Uh full stop.
So let's talk about what that role is. Um a lot of acronyms. What does the DNI do? What what are the oversee? What type of intelligence do they have?
Well it that's an excellent question because I think that, you know, we've seen a lot of people react publicly to some of the other nominations because frankly, you know, some of the other folks, some of the other roles, they're they're far more public. And so people know what an attorney general is, they're they're used to seeing one on television, et cetera. But the DNI is a very unique and very important role. So in the aftermath of nine eleven. uh when the nine eleven commission came together and said what were the shortcomings? How did we miss this? What what How did this happen that we had this massive attack? On US soil, and one of the recommendations moving forward was to create the ODNI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
And to have the DNI, the director of national intelligence. Be the person overseeing our nation's intelligence community. And so every function of it, that of course, CIA and NSA. But the elements of intelligence collection or intelligence work that happens across uh all agencies that do any intelligence community work. And the purpose was to ensure that there was a central office and a central person. that was responsible for ensuring that you know if if one entity receives reporting on this, that it's followed up on, that it's incorporated into intelligence reports, that analysts at You know, CIA are getting some of the reports that might be really timely and really important, but might be coming from a different agency.
In And in this role The DNA has to have an extraordinary understanding. Of the intelligence community. Uh they are given Like the absolute access to every intelligence effort that our nation uh is undertaking all of our sources, all of our methods, all of the the secrets. That helped keep the United States safe. Uh this one role sees it all. Sees everything. And so it's an extraordinarily important job. But it's an extraordinarily kind of behind the scenes job. Uh usually the DNI uh annually will have what's called the Worldwide Threats uh hearing. And so that's uh a hearing when the D and I comes before Congress, typically with The director of CIA and the director of the FBI. uh sometimes the other members of the intelligence community, uh and they will testify before Congress about the threats that exist.
To the United States, to our interests on the worldwide stage. And there's a a public element of that. Um and it is the kind of one notable public hearing that happens annually related to the intelligence community and the threats facing uh the United States. Um and so there's one public portion unclassified and then there is a classified portion. before the Intelligence Committee, uh, where as a current member of the Intelligence Committee, we dig deep. Into the threats that face the United States of America, and it is the DNI who is the one answering question after question after question about what the threats are and how we as a nation are addressing them and how we as a nation are going after the answers to some of the questions that we need to answer in order to to be able to keep our country safe.
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