Most recently, he served as the sixth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) from October 2014 until February 2019, where he led the Agency’s efforts to modernize and grow its ...

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, has for years battled US intelligence agencies over the handling of some of the government’s most sensitive national security secrets.

(CNN) — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, has for years battled US intelligence agencies over the handling of some of the government’s most sensitive national ...

at the Directorate of Intelligence, and at the Pentagon, he understands the scope of national security threats our country faces. Mr. Patel also understands how organizations such as the FBI ...

Grassley, R-Iowa, defended Patel's nomination, arguing he is what the agency needs while “public trust in the FBI is low ... the acting director of national intelligence for six months ...

In dueling confirmation hearings, Trump’s DNI pick appeared on shaky ground after refusing to condemn Edward Snowden as a ...

Most Democrats and even some Republicans seemed uneasy with Tulsi Gabbard and her answers to their questions during her ...

In contrast, Tulsi Gabbard, nominated for national intelligence ... to lead the agency. And Gabbard, an Army veteran and former representative from Hawaii with no intelligence experience, faced ...

But the distrust between Patel and intelligence officials goes both ways. That came to a head in 2020 when the CIA referred Patel, then a top Trump national security aide, to the Justice ...