L ong before Donald Trump rewarded Tulsi Gabbard’s loyalty with a nomination to be the next director of national intelligence, before her friendliness with Tucker Carlson, and before her association with the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad,

Any one of those resume bullet points might be enough to sink her precariously perched nomination, but in her confirmation hearing today it was Edward Snowden that dominated the discussion. Judging from the line of questioning from senators in both parties,

If Trump had wanted to find the most qualified spy chief, there were plenty of candidates he could have picked. So why Tulsi Gabbard? Bloomberg Opinion columnist Andreas Kluth explains. (Source: Bloom