Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as intelligence chief looked to be in serious trouble Friday as Republican senators expressed concerns about her answers at a confirmation hearing. President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for director of national intelligence angered Republicans by refusing to condemn government leaker Edward Snowden as well as her unorthodox foreign policy views on Russia and

Any one of those resume bullet points might be enough to sink her precariously perched nomination, but in her confirmation hearing today it was Edward Snowden that dominated the discussion. Judging from the line of questioning from senators in both parties,