The money shot:
Gabbard, Patel, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were always the unholy trinity of utterly unqualified nominees, people put up for their jobs primarily because Trump and his advisers knew that they would be completely pliant and obsequious, that nominating them would horrify official Washington, and that Senate Republicans would have to bend their collective knee by confirming them. But while Gabbard is thumbing through emails and posts, and Patel is examining heart rhythms to see who’s been rolling their eyes at him, America is in peril. Real spies are out there trying to steal America’s secrets; real terrorists, foreign and domestic, are plotting the deaths of American citizens. Kidnappers, gang members, organized-crime rings—they’re all out there waiting to be caught.
But first, Tulsi Gabbard has to find out who doesn’t like the tariffs, and Kash Patel has to find out who snickered at him in the hallway. Priorities, after all.
An addendum: Gabbard proposes a "full-spectrum" search of all 18 agencies' communications to ferret out "disloyalty."
Spooks getting spooked indeed.