President-elect Donald Trump has selected Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii turned staunch Trump ally, to be the next head of the U.S. intelligence community.
The selection of Gabbard, a U.S. Army Reserve officer who lacks deep experience in intelligence matters and whose antiwar views are seen as sympathetic to Moscow, is seen as an unconventional choice. As director of national intelligence, she would lead 18 spy agencies and oversee a budget of $76 billion.