**Democrats denounce Gabbard for Snowden sympathy**
Democratic senators on Thursday tore into #TulsiGabbard, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, over her past support of leaker #EdwardSnowden.
Senate Intelligence Committee ranking member Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and other Democrats condemned Gabbard during her confirmation hearing for sympathizing with #Snowden, an intelligence contractor who leaked highly classified programs in 2013 and fled to Russia.
Gabbard, a former Democratic lawmaker who left the party, argued in 2019 that Snowden’s disclosures had a positive impact by curbing intelligence agencies' abuses on personal rights.
“The fact is, he also, even as he broke the law, released information that exposed egregious, illegal and unconstitutional programs that are happening within our government, issues that led to serious reforms,” Gabbard said.
POLITICO / https://archive.is/scLed #Democrats #uspol
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