President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is voicing support for a key government surveillance authority she once sought to dismantle.

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Tulsi Gabbard changes tone on surveillance powers she once sought to dismantle

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is voicing support for a key government surveillance authority she once sought to dismantle.

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Tulsi Gabbard changes tone on domestic surveillance powers she once sought to dismantle

Director of National Intelligence designee Tulsi Gabbard is defending the use of a controversial foreign spy power she once opposed while in Congress, while still pledging to "uphold Americans' Fourth Amendment right" against warrantless searches of their communications.

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DNI pick Tulsi Gabbard defends controversial foreign spy power she once opposed

By Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is voicing support for a key government surveillance authority she once sought to dismantle. The shift comes amid lingering uncertainty about Gabbard’s path to confirmation despite her having spent the last several weeks meeting with senators on both sides of the aisle in an effort to win their suppo…

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Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be Director of National Intelligence, is walking back a previous position she held about an federal government program that authorizes targeted collection of foreign intelligence information from non-U.S. persons located abroad. While in Congress, Gabbard was staunchly against the program known as Section 702 in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)…

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Gabbard had previously criticized Section 702 as enabling the government to ’trample' upon civil liberties.

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Tulsi Gabbard Says She Now Supports Controversial Surveillance Law

The former lawmaker offered an olive branch to GOP national security hawks who hold the keys to her confirmation as Trump's director of national intelligence.

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Trump Nominee Tulsi Gabbard Flip-Flops On Key Issue Amid Confirmation Fight

“Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, is changing her tune on a key intelligence-gathering authority she once sought to repeal as her Senate confirmation hangs in the balance,” Punchbowl News reports. “Gabbard’s past criticisms of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act have emerged as a central issue in her confirmation process, leaving GOP senators — including…

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(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is voicing support for a key government surveillance authority she once sought to dismantle.

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Gabbard has often been critical of U.S. security policies and while still in Congress, she introduced legislation to repeal the Patriot Act.

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Tulsi Gabbard says she supports reauthorizing surveillance law that she was once against

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence, ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), tried to reassure GOP senators on Friday by issuing with a statement supporting a key spying tactic she once sought to repeal from law. In a statement to Punchbowl’s Andrew Desiderio, Gabbard said, “Section 702, unlike other FISA authorities, is crucial for gathering foreign intelligence on non-U.S. persons abroad. This unique capabil…

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Tulsi Gabbard Reassures GOP Senators by Backing Key Spying Tactic She Sought to Repeal as a Democrat

Tulsi Gabbard changes tone on surveillance powers she once sought to dismantle

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