Spy world vexed by Trump choice of Gabbard as US intelligence chief

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : She said voters had given Trump "an incredible mandate" to move away from Biden´s agenda but offered no policy specifics.
38% : A Western security source said there could be an initial slowdown in intelligence sharing when Trump takes office in January that could potentially impact the "Five Eyes," an intelligence alliance comprising the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
34% : While Trump has made some conventional personnel decisions such as that of Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state, Wednesday´s announcement of Gabbard, an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, surprised even some Republican insiders.
21% : But some analysts said that by attempting to install Gabbard with other controversial loyalists, including congressman Matt Gaetz for attorney general and Fox commentator and military veteran Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, Trump is showing he wants no guardrails to his efforts to remake federal institutions.
19% : Though close to Trump and expected to offer little pushback against his policies, Ratcliffe is not seen as an incendiary figure and could act as a counterbalance to Gabbard in his post atop the No. 1 spy agency among the 18 that she would oversee.

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