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After Trump nominated Gabbard for DNI on November 13, 2024, several news organizations misrepresented what Gabbard had said in 2022. Politico and [[The Guardian]] each claimed Gabbard had accused the US of running bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine, when as indicated above, her concern was not with bioweapons but with biolabs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sakellariadis |first=John |date=2024-11-13 |title=Trump taps dark horse Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/13/tulsi-gabbard-director-national-intelligence-trump-00189370 |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Aratani |first=Lauren |date=2024-11-16 |title='A Russian asset': Democrats slam Trump's pick of Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/16/trump-cabinet-tulsi-gabbard-democratic-reactions |access-date=2024-12-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |date=2024-11-21 |title=Nikki Haley criticizes Trump cabinet picks Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/21/nikki-haley-trump-cabinet-tulsi-gabbard-rfk-jr |access-date=2024-12-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[The Atlantic]] cited a writer on Russian security and intelligence<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-12-13 |title=Tom Rogan - Washington Examiner |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/tom-rogan/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |language=en-US}}</ref> for the same accusation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nichols |first=Tom |date=2024-11-14 |title=Tulsi Gabbard's Nomination Is a National-Security Risk |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/11/tulsi-gabbard-nomination-security/680649/ |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> A reporter for [[NBC News|NBC's]] Investigative Unit said Gabbard "sought to clarify" what she had said.<ref>{{Cite web |last=De Luce |first=Dan |date=2024-11-14 |title=Trump's pick for top intel job has been accused of 'traitorous' parroting of Russian propaganda |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trumps-pick-top-intel-job-accused-traitorous-parroting-russian-propaga-rcna180073 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=De Luce |first=Dan |last2=Jester |first2=Julia |date=2024-11-16 |others=Contributions by Abigail Williams and Andrea Mitchell |title=Would Tulsi Gabbard bring a pro-Russian bias to intelligence reporting? |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/will-tulsi-gabbard-bring-russian-bias-intelligence-reporting-rcna180248 |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> The [[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]] said "She later clarified her remarks …".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strobel |first=Warren P. |title=Tulsi Gabbard Questioned U.S. Intelligence. Now She Is Trump’s Pick for Top Intelligence Role. |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/tulsi-gabbard-questioned-u-s-intelligence-now-she-is-trumps-pick-for-top-intelligence-role-4852239a |access-date=2024-12-24 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref>
On December 4, 2024, over 100 former diplomats, national security officials and intelligence officials{{Efn| name=DNIltrsigners}} wrote to Senate leaders expressing alarm at Gabbard's nomination.<ref name=":27"/><ref name=":22" /> The letter referenced her opinions on several foreign policy issues, including her view that Ukraine's engagement with NATO posed a threat to Russian sovereignty, and
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