Gaby Del Valle
Warrantless wiretapping has a new bestie.
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard was a longtime critic of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act... until it got in the way of her potential Senate confirmation.
Trump nominated Gabbard, a Democrat-turned-independent-turned-Republican, for director of national intelligence. But senators from both parties have taken issue with Gabbard’s 2020 effort to repeal Section 702.
It looks like she’s changed her mind, telling Punchbowl News:
“My prior concerns about FISA were based on insufficient protections for civil liberties, particularly regarding the FBI’s misuse of warrantless search powers on American citizens. Significant FISA reforms have been enacted since my time in Congress to address these issues.”
