Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime has collapsed. AFP via Getty Images Edward Snowden publicly urged Tulsi Gabbard to criticize him, seemingly making it clear he wants her confirmed.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard faced tough questions during her Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. Sen.

As director of national intelligence, Gabbard will oversee the U.S. intelligence community and serve as the president's top adviser on intelligence.

Tulsi Gabbard appears to be seeking to assuage senators’ concerns about her nomination in a new opinion piece explaining why she thought "traitor" was too harsh a word for Edward Snowden.

“Is Edward Snowden a traitor to the United States ... her past statements and sympathetic comments about Russia and Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in Syria, including her skepticism of U.S ...

ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified information. Gabbard, a former Hawaii congresswoman, secured ...