Podbit · The Tucker Carlson Show
Tom Cotton is pushing mandatory intelligence sharing with Israel and trying to eliminate the Office of the Director of National Intelligence — not because it's bad policy, but to prevent another Tulsi Gabbard from ever uncovering what the intelligence community has been doing on Israel's behalf.
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Tucker introduces Tom Cotton as the driving force behind mandatory intelligence sharing between the US and Israel — something Tucker flatly calls treason. Cotton is simultaneously pushing to eliminate the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which Tucker and Weichert interpret as an attempt to prevent any future Tulsi Gabbard-type figure from uncovering intelligence community activities conducted on Israel's behalf. Weichert adds that Cotton's ultimate goal may be to install a more compliant figure at the DNI — specifically John Clayton, who was involved in the botched Epstein file release. The Senate Intelligence Committee chairman is also connected to blocking the SAVE Act (voter ID), FISA reform, and other measures that would constrain surveillance of Americans. Tucker expresses concern that Tom Cotton objected to the JFK files being released, which he interprets as protecting a foreign country's involvement.
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