Tulsi Gabbard

Bahrain, United Kingdom
IISS Manama Dialogue preparations under scrutiny after reported tensions

Places and speaking slots for the annual security summit in Bahrain are in high demand. But preparations for this year's event are likely to be under close scrutiny after its organisers reportedly vexed some government partners last year.

United States
How Trump's Greenland ambitions are reshaping strategic analysis

Made up of the intelligence community's top analysts, the National Intelligence Council has recently added a new unit to reflect White House priorities.

The Agencies' Gazette
SGDSN anniversary watch, ODNI military adviser, Kyiv's Africa plan

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceBespoke watches for SGDSN's 120th anniversary

USTulsi Gabbard's new military adviser is a Marine

UkraineA plan for Kyiv's return to Africa

Spotlight | United States
Iran war exposes vulnerabilities in US counterterrorism in light of security priorities shift

The switch in Washington's security priorities, marked by a pivot to counternarcotics and Latin America, has largely been at the expense of the fight against terrorism.

Spotlight | United States
Trump shifts position on key surveillance law as debate heats up in Congress

As an April deadline on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act approaches, the Trump administration wants to extend the law, while some US Senators are pushing for changes to ensure Americans more privacy.

Spotlight | United States
Congress to question Trump's intelligence chiefs next week

Iran, Venezuela and the major changes that have shaken the US intelligence community over the past year will be on the agenda for this eagerly awaited public hearing of Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe and Kash Patel.

United States
With Iran, CIA faces ultimate test in its relationship with Trump

After Caracas and now Iran, the agency once disparaged by Donald Trump as an embodiment of the "deep state", is back in favour. But the CIA headed by John Ratcliffe now faces a far more complex situation with much higher political stakes.

Spotlight | United States
US election security in limbo as midterms loom

Electoral fraud and foreign interference may be a major concern for the Trump administration, but resources dedicated to analysing Russian, Chinese, Iranian and North Korean interference have been decimated since the start of the US president's second term.

United States
White House and Congress turn up heat on Tulsi Gabbard

The Director of National Intelligence currently retains Donald Trump's confidence. But her actions are increasingly contested, even within the presidential camp.

United States
White House ballroom project superviser holds discreet diplomatic role abroad

The new chairman of the Commission on Fine Arts, Rodney Mims Cook Jr, who is in charge of supervising the construction of the new White House ballroom, also serves on the board of a diplomatic foundation with ties to both Tulsi Gabbard and Russian business interests abroad.

Spymaster | United States
New US space intelligence chief faces challenge of Trump's beloved Space Force

Three-star general Michele Bredenkamp, who has spent her career in intelligence, has taken over an agency faced with an increasingly ambitious Space Force.

United States
Departure of Tulsi Gabbard ally deals further blow to strategic analysis at ODNI

The chairman of the National Intelligence Council, whose views are aligned with those of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, has stepped down, making it the second time in less than a year that the intelligence community's highest analytical body is left without a leader.

Cuba, United States, Venezuela
Cuban intelligence faces heavy surveillance after Maduro capture

The US operation in Caracas on 3 January has exposed Cuba's intelligence presence in Venezuela, raising questions about how much power it held over Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

United States
Conservative think tanks mirror rifts in US security apparatus after Caracas op

Donald Trump posture of restraint during his first term helped to rally an anti-interventionist movement which has grown during his second term. The US operation in Venezuela on 3 January took his supporters by surprise.

Spotlight | United States, Venezuela
CIA returns to Trump's good books after Venezuela operation

The intelligence agency's contribution to the success of the US operation in Caracas marks a return to favour of the CIA with Donald Trump, who had been dismissive of the intelligence world during his first term.