The turbulent 15 months of Trump’s unlikely US intelligence director

Over 15 months, the ex-Democrat without an intelligence background took actions seemingly meant to flatter Trump

Tulsi Gabbard's tumultuous 15-month tenure as the nation's top intelligence official ended Friday, when she submitted her resignation as director of national intelligence.

Gabbard was an unconventional choice for the role: the former Democrat lacked an intelligence background and her foreign policy views at times diverged with Donald Trump, particularly on questions of overseas military intervention. And yet she also took unusual measures to ingratiate herself to the president by vowing to root out politicization across US spy agencies and embracing his agenda of election denial.