Questions continue to dog Tulsi Gabbard about a mysterious 2017 trip to Syria. The trip has gained new salience since President Donald Trump nominated the former Democratic lawmaker to be the nation's spy chief.
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Ms. Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was briefly subject to special scrutiny on airline flights last year, but not, officials say, for the partisan reasons she has alleged.
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One expert says her views are ‘so wildly fringe that her potential appointment as DNI is genuinely alarming’, Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg write
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Discussions on Tulsi Gabbard travel and visits with foreign leaders and pro Russian opinions. Second article talks about a trip that led to her no fly list inclusion last year.
"After Ms. Gabbard went public with her allegations about being punished by the Biden administration, Republicans in Congress demanded answers. Late last year, U.S. transportation officials briefed members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on why she was subjected to additional scrutiny after the Vatican visit.
Two senior U.S. officials walked The New York Times through the chain of events surrounding the trip on the condition of anonymity because they were discussing sensitive intelligence matters.
Ms. Gabbard flew to Rome in July to attend a meeting in Vatican City organized by a European businessman who runs a foundation.
That businessman, according to the two senior U.S. officials, appeared on a watch list maintained by the F.B.I.’s Terrorist Screening Center. His involvement in Ms. Gabbard’s visit prompted the Transportation Security Administration to place her and her husband, who accompanied her to Rome, in a program called Quiet Skies."
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