Intelligence Official's Unofficial View Is That Nuclear War Is Closer Than Ever
WASHINGTON—The warning by Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, couldn't have been graver: 'Political elite warmongers' have brought the world closer to the 'the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before,' she said.
But the alarm she sounded wasn't an official conclusion of the U.S. intelligence community: It was Gabbard's own view, shared Tuesday on her personal X account in a highly produced video that shows an animated depiction of the Golden Gate Bridge being obliterated in a nuclear blast.
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