Timothy Birdnow

During Tulsi Gabbard's confirmation hearing she was badgered by several Democrats about whether she considered Edward Snowden a traitor. Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Sen. Michael Bennet both badgered her for an answer to that question, a point that is entirely moot, yet it was the best they could do. Gabbard's response was to try to move away from the issue. Gabbard admitted he broke the law but wouldn't use the term traitor, which was purposely chosen by the Democrats to drive a wedge between her and the MAGA wing of the Republican Party, many of whom consider him either a hero or at least a whistleblower.

Were I she I would have demanded a definition of traitor by the good Senators, and asked who decided if someone was met that definition or not. I would have pointed out that Mr. Snowden isn't a traitor until found guilty of treason by a court of law, and I supported the rule of law unlike these gentlemen who apparently place themselves above

I would point out that by their own standards certainly Hunter Biden was a traitor, and probably his old man and ask if they would call him such publicly right now.

Of course it's easy to say such things from the comfort of my armchair; not so easy in front of the whole world with people who hold your fate in their hands screaming at you.

I would mention John Kerry violating the Logan Act. I would mention the Biden Administration giving intel to Hamas. I would mention Ted Kennedy talking to Moscow. I would mention Gen. Milley telling the Chicoms he would alert them if Trump made a move against them. I would mention Bill Clinton giving Loral Aerospace a waiver to give the Chicoms ICBM technology while taking laundered Chinese campaign money via James Riady and the Chinese restauranteur Charlie Trie. I would ask if it was treason when Sandy Berger, Clinton's former national security advisor, stole classified documents from a sCIF and stuffed them down his pants, later to hide them in a construction site.

I would ask the good Senators what they thought was the difference between treason and whistleblowing.

And I would stress Snowden was innocent until proven guilty.

Of course this was just a "gotcha" and these two hacks had no interest in a real answer. And of course it has little to do with the issue at hand, whether Gabbard was qualified to be Director of Intelligence. Too bad she didn't think of all this. But who can blame her when faced with this kind of vicious attack by former colleagues?

BTW Meet the Press pressed Eric Schmidt over the same question and he artfully dodged it. We need to take this head on.

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