Tulsi Gabbard faced tough questions Thursday about past comments about Russia, Syria and government leaker Edward Snowden during a Senate confirmation hearing on her nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence service.

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to be Director of National Intelligence, refused to call Edward Snowden a traitor at her confirmation hearing.

Among the topics that came up: her stance on an electronic surveillance program, her push to drop charges against Edward Snowden and her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Among the topics likely to come up at the hearing: her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, her friendly positions toward Russia and her push to drop charges against Edward Snowden.

Gabbard, former Democratic congresswoman turned Trump loyalist, will head to the Senate Intelligence Committee as she seeks DNI confirmation.

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.

Long before Donald Trump rewarded Tulsi Gabbard’s loyalty with a nomination ... asset,” as Hillary Clinton once famously put it, but Moscow seems gleeful about her selection to lead the ...

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump’s pick for director of national ... or politicize their offices in ways that can be exploited by Moscow and other adversaries. The task for Europe is to convince everybody ...

The former Hawaii congresswoman isn’t just unqualified to be director of national intelligence, she’s a political opportunist.

Senators questioned Ms Gabbard about views seen as echoing Russia's justification of its war against Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A bipartisan House intelligence committee investigation concluded in 2016 that Snowden’s theft caused “tremendous damage” to national security and quoted a Russian official saying Snowden did share intelligence with Moscow. Multiple senators pressed Gabbard to call Snowden a traitor. She steadfastly refused.