Trump’s pick for intel chief has deeply rooted distrust of agencies she would oversee

Tulsi Gabbard is the most markedly anti-surveillance official in the post-9/11 era.

She has been picked by President Donald Trump to head the Office of the Director of National Intelligence .

Her views on Syria and the war in Ukraine have drawn scrutiny because of her inexperience in the intelligence community.

Gabbard introduced legislation that would repeal the Patriot Act and Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act .

The DNI ’s primary responsibility is over the budget and priorities of the 18 agencies that make up the intelligence community.

It would be a complicated and difficult — though not impossible — task for the Hawaii congresswoman to unilaterally dismantle intelligence collection under Section 702 .

As both a Democrat and a Republican , she has espoused an anti-war ideology.

Gabbard has shown no compunction about courting controversy over her foreign policy ideas.

She served on the House Armed Services Committee , but has had no formal oversight or work with the intelligence community.

Her experience during the Iraq War shaped her populist, anti-interventionist worldview in ways that would often put her at odds with the Obama administration.