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John Kiriakou's February 2025 assessment that Tulsi Gabbard was in real danger of not being confirmed as Director of National Intelligence — not because the Democrats opposed her, which they did, but because she was losing Republicans over Section 702, and had been telling them privately that she supported a renewal he knows she opposes.
The Gabbard confirmation fight is John Kiriakou’s assessment, given in early February 2025 while the nomination was still pending, of why Tulsi Gabbard’s appointment as Director of National Intelligence was in trouble.
Where the danger came from
“There’s a real danger that Tulsi Gabbard is not going to be confirmed,” Kiriakou said — “and it’s not because the Democrats are united against her. The Democrats are united against her.” The problem was on the other side of the aisle: “she’s having trouble keeping the Republicans united, because this whole MAGA thing is already beginning to wear thin among some Republican senators.”[1]
The sticking point
“Where Tulsi is really getting tripped up is Section 702 of the FISA Act.” On the merits, Kiriakou places her with himself: “Tulsi is of the same mind that we are when it comes to warrantless surveillance. It’s wrong. It should be illegal. It should be unconstitutional — and somehow the government keeps getting away with it every two years when it’s reapproved by the House and the Senate.”[1][2]
The difficulty is what she had been saying in the confirmation process. “She has had to tell Republican senators, in these private meetings that she’s been having the last several weeks, that she supports renewal of 702.” Kiriakou does not treat that as her position: “we know that she doesn’t support renewal of 702.”[2]
What he hoped would happen
Rather than condemn the reversal, Kiriakou described the outcome he was hoping for, in terms that concede what the process requires. “I’m hoping that she’s saying that because she knows she has to say it to win their votes and get confirmed. I hope then that she can have an epiphany or a revelation once she’s the Director of National Intelligence, and she can back out of that.”[3]
His characterisation of that manoeuvre is not a criticism: “that would be a very Washington thing to do.”[3]
Sourced from John Kiriakou's on-record public statements. See his profile for the full body of his interviews, podcast appearances, and short-form video.
