The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) endorsed Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence under the Trump administration.
In a letter to incoming Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and incoming Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), the NPCS wrote, “On behalf of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC), I write to express our complete and total support for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), former U.S. Representative and Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard. We have no doubt that Lt. Col. Gabbard is the right person to be the DNI and will work tirelessly to keep our nation safe, just as she has done for the past two decades.”
“The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), led by the DNI, plays an integral role in our border security by monitoring the potential for these threats to enter our country,” the letter, obtained by The Daily Wire, states. “From transnational criminal organizations operating in North, Central, and South America to foreign terrorist organizations and hostile state actors, these entities and individuals will always attempt to exploit our unsecure borders to further their activities that threaten the American people.”
“In order to adequately confront these threats, the IC must have strong, courageous and competent leadership — that leader is Lt. Col. Gabbard,” it says.
The letter follows more than 250 U.S. veterans supporting Gabbard.
“Tulsi’s life exemplifies a rare blend of selflessness, courage, and leadership—qualities desperately needed to reform and strengthen our intelligence community,” the veterans wrote, condemning attacks against Gabbard as “baseless lies and smears.”
