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Ya Libnan
03-03-2025
- Politics
- Ya Libnan
Fox News grills Tulsi Gabbard over Kremlin ‘celebrating' Trump-Zelensky spat
File: Tulsi Gabbard , Director of US National Intelligence was quoted as saying during the Senate confirmation hearing ' Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 'is not the enemy of the United States,' as insurgents seized Syria's largest city Aleppo . Gabbard was known as a prolific peddler of Russian propaganda even before assuming her new role. According to the Independent UK website, In almost every foreign conflict in which Russia had a hand, Gabbard backed Moscow and railed against the US. Former Senator and First Lady Hillary Clinton described Gabbard as a Russian asset in 2016 Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declined to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview Sunday, reserving her ire for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders instead. Gabbard—who has faced intense scrutiny for expressing sympathy for Russia and meeting with Putin ally and former Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad—repeatedly shifted the conversation away from Putin on Fox News Sunday as she was hammered on the Kremlin 'celebrating' the fallout last week between Trump and Zelensky in the White House. '[Zelensky] has said that he wants to end this war, but he will only accept an end, apparently, that leads to what he views as Ukraine's victory—even if it comes at an incredibly high cost of potentially World War III or even a nuclear war,' Gabbard told host Shannon Bream. But Zelensky never made such a statement Bream challenged Gabbard on Putin's track record of breaking peace agreements, but the national intelligence chief dismissed the question. 'Of course, both sides are going to have their arguments and their interests that they are fighting for,' she said. Gabbard again dodged Bream when the host pointed out that Russian officials, including former Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, responded triumphantly to Trump's contentious meeting with Zelensky in the Oval Office Friday. 'What do you make of Russia celebrating and saying what the U.S. is doing lines up with their vision?' Bream asked. 'They're going to say what their position is,' Gabbard replied. 'What we should pay attention to here in the United States of America is the American people, so many people across the country, celebrating the strong leadership that President Trump and Vice President Vance demonstrated in the Oval Office.' Gabbard lambasted European leaders who had condemned Trump's meeting with Zelensky. 'I think those who are criticizing [Trump]'s efforts in this way are showing that they are not committed to peace,' she said. 'There's something fundamentally deeper here that shows a huge difference in divergence between the values that President Trump and Vice President Vance are fighting for—the values that are enshrined in our Constitution, the interests of the American people in our peace and freedom and national security—versus those of many of these European countries who are coming to Zelensky side as he walked out of the White House,' she added. Bream cut in, asking, 'Certainly those [values] are not things that you would say that Russia or Putin celebrates or bestows on his own people?' But Gabbard only spared two sentences to acknowledge the lack of freedom in Russia. 'That's correct. I would not make that claim, and it's clear that that's not the case, nor does President Trump,' she said. 'But that's not really what we're talking about here,' she continued. 'We're talking about many of these European countries and Zelensky himself, who claim to be standing and fighting for the cause of freedom and democracy, when we actually look at what's happening in reality in these countries, as well as with Zelensky government in Ukraine, is the exact opposite.' FOX NEWS
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
US intelligence head 'not told' about UK's secret Apple data demand
Tulsi Gabbard, the head of US National Intelligence, says she was not informed in advance about the UK government's demand to be able to access Apple customers' encrypted data from anywhere in the world. In a letter, Ms Gabbard said she was seeking further information from the FBI and other US agencies. She said if the reports were true, the UK government's actions amounted to an "egregious violation" of US citizens' privacy. The Home Office notice, which cannot legally be made public, was issued to Apple under the UK's Investigatory Powers Act in January. Ms Gabbard added that she was also seeking legal advice over whether the UK had breached an agreement between it and the US not to demand data belonging to each other's citizens. In response to the Home Office notice, last week Apple pulled its top level privacy tool, Advanced Data Protection, from the UK market. Advanced Data Protection, external (ADP) means only account holders can view items such as photos or documents they have stored online through a process known as end-to-end encryption. Apple would have to break its encryption systems in order to comply with the UK government demand, as currently it cannot see data protected in this way so would be unable to share it with law enforcement. This is something it says it will never do. Apple's UK users' data remains encrypted in the UK but at a level which means it can be accessed by the tech giant if served with a warrant. The letter to Senator Ron Whyden and Representative Andy Biggs which has now been published online, Tulsi Gabbard said she first read about the notice in the media and had not been informed beforehand by either the UK or by Apple. Apple did not comment. The Home Office has been contacted by the BBC. Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row Apple joins opposition to message app scanning
BBC News
26-02-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
US intelligence head 'not told' about UK secret Apple data demand
Tulsi Gabbard, the head of US National Intelligence, says she was not informed in advance about the UK government's demand to be able to access Apple customers' encrypted data from anywhere in the a letter, Ms Gabbard said she was seeking further information from the FBI and other US said if the reports were true, the UK government's actions amounted to an "egregious violation" of US citizens' Home Office notice, which cannot legally be made public, was issued to Apple under the UK's Investigatory Powers Act in January. Ms Gabbard added that she was also seeking legal advice over whether the UK had breached an agreement between it and the US not to demand data belonging to each other's response to the Home Office notice, last week Apple pulled its top level privacy tool, Advanced Data Protection, from the UK Data Protection, external (ADP) means only account holders can view items such as photos or documents they have stored online through a process known as end-to-end would have to break its encryption systems in order to comply with the UK government demand, as currently it cannot see data protected in this way so would be unable to share it with law enforcement. This is something it says it will never UK users' data remains encrypted in the UK but at a level which means it can be accessed by the tech giant if served with a letter to Senator Ron Whyden and Representative Andy Biggs which has now been published online, Tulsi Gabbard said she first read about the notice in the media and had not been informed beforehand by either the UK or by did not comment. The Home Office has been contacted by the BBC.
