1. United States
2. Colo.
3. Letter

I strongly oppose Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Gabbard has repeatedly embraced conspiracy theories and spread disinformation, including bolstering Kremlin propaganda about biological weapons in Ukraine. As DNI overseeing 18 intelligence agencies, her excessive credulity towards hostile autocrats and comfort with disinformation poses a severe risk to our national security. She has demonstrated disregard for US intelligence assessments, siding with Russian denials over findings implicating the Assad regime in chemical attacks. Appointing someone so prone to echoing foreign disinformation campaigns is alarmingly reckless for this critical role advising the president. I urge you to reject this uniquely unqualified and irresponsible nomination that imperils the integrity of our intelligence community. National security demands an objective, reality-based DNI committed to facts over fiction and resistant to malign foreign influence.