Among the risks, say current and former intelligence officials and independent experts, are that top advisers could feed the incoming president a distorted view of global threats based on what they believe will please him and that foreign allies may be reluctant to share vital information.

As US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated pro-Russia Tulsi Gabbard to be the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), allies are alarmed that the US top intelligence official would be supportive of their principal adversary over them,

Tulsi Gabbard - a former Democratic congresswoman who joined the Republican Party to back Donald Trump - is the president-elect's pick for director of national intelligence. The wide-ranging role would mean she oversees US intelligence agencies like the CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA), which focuses on intelligence gathering.

Tulsi Gabbard was a rising star in the Democratic Party before she left in 2022 and endorsed Donald Trump in 2024.

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Tulsi Gabbard as U.S. intelligence chief has sent shockwaves through the national security establishment, adding to concerns that the sprawling intelligence community will become increasingly politicized.

Trump's pick of Tulsi Gabbard as the next Director of National Intelligence has left members of the intelligence community reeling, with some considering quitting if she ends up in the role.

President-elect Donald Trump is selecting former US Representative and one-time Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard to be his director of national intelligence, elevating a loyalist and skeptic of support for Ukraine to coordinate the nation’s spy agencies.