Gabbard Considers Critic of Israel’s War in Gaza for Intel Post – The New York Times

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is considering a critic of Israel’s war in Gaza for a top post managing briefings for the president, a move that has upset some members of President Trump’s coalition, according to officials familiar with the deliberations.

Daniel Davis, a senior fellow at a Washington think tank who is skeptical of American intervention overseas, is undergoing a background check to become the deputy director for mission integration, the officials said. The post is a powerful job that oversees the compiling of the President’s Daily Brief, a compendium of intelligence assessments that goes to the White House and top policymakers.

But news of the appointment has generated blowback on the right, and it is unclear if the appointment will go through or Ms. Gabbard and the White House will reconsider it.

It is not clear how often Mr. Davis would brief Mr. Trump.

During the Biden administration, the head of mission integration conducted many intelligence briefings at the White House. Beth Sanner, who was deputy director of mission integration through much of the first Trump administration, was the primary presidential briefer.

Another intelligence official has had that responsibility in the current Trump administration, according to former officials.

In recent years, senior C.I.A. analysts with decades of experience have had the briefing responsibility. Robert Cardillo, who was the first person ever to hold the job, had been a senior official at the Defense Intelligence Agency.