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sheshe2

(96,728 posts)
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:46 AM Feb 5

Intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard's office obtained and tested voting machines in Puerto Rico

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In justifying the voting equipment probe, the ODNI cited “publicly reported claims relating to elections in Puerto Rico alleging discrepancies and systemic anomalies in their electronic voting systems.”

David Becker, the executive director of a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works with election officials, told CNN that voting machines are subject to regular testing and a strict chain of custody. The machines count paper ballots that are audited and recounted to confirm the machine counts. Those are all security controls that have proven effective, he said.

The director of national intelligence coordinates intelligence from across the 17 other organization in the US intelligence community. It is unprecedented for the ODNI to play such a hands-on role in election infrastructure, former intelligence officials and election experts told CNN.

“This is well beyond what ODNI has the authority or expertise to do,” a former senior US intelligence official who has worked on election security told CNN Wednesday in reaction to the ODNI statement. “This is amateur hour.”


MORE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/intelligence-director-tulsi-gabbard-s-office-obtained-and-tested-voting-machines-in-puerto-rico/ar-AA1VHvJf

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She is a Russian agent and is effing around with our voting machines. Oh, and the "publicly reported claims" is TSF screaming "RIGGED"!
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Intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard's office obtained and tested voting machines in Puerto Rico (Original Post) sheshe2 Feb 5 OP
"It is outrageous for anyone to suggest that Tulsi is a foreign asset" betsuni Feb 5 #1
Lol sheshe2 Feb 5 #3
Sure, the *suggestion* is outrageous. But is she a foreign asset? Beartracks Feb 5 #18
Ok, how about "Foreign Agent"? nt JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 5 #22
So the Russian spy is also in charge of "election integrity" dalton99a Feb 5 #2
Russian asset kook grifter lackey & MAGA. YAY. What a resume. littlemissmartypants Feb 5 #12
Puerto Rico? LOL so this is about Venezuela? leftstreet Feb 5 #4
I used to consider Tulsi to be Putin's "useful idiot." Ilsa Feb 5 #5
She's a child of "organized religion" don't think for a moment that littlemissmartypants Feb 5 #10
Gee, with Tulsi tabulatin', what can go wrong? Kid Berwyn Feb 5 #6
1/6 Redo yankee87 Feb 5 #7
We need to be ready for that. n/t crud Feb 5 #14
And are these the machines... 2naSalit Feb 5 #8
Puerto Rico doesn't vote in national elections. Primaries yes underpants Feb 5 #9
That doesn't mean that Don won't use their need to recieve funding for whatever... littlemissmartypants Feb 5 #11
appmanga's post below. underpants Feb 5 #17
Thanks so much for sharing this, littlemissmartypants Feb 5 #13
One person's "test" is another's "reverse engineering". (n/t) appmanga Feb 5 #15
That was what I was thinking. As they see them, lowly little Puerto Rico underpants Feb 5 #16
Trial run city. rubbersole Feb 5 #19
Tina Peters is in prison for less. Grins Feb 5 #20
I have been long saying the mid terns will either not happen or so completely fucked up Javaman Feb 5 #21
He so desperately wants to overturn the 2020 election. WTF. Initech Feb 5 #23

leftstreet

(39,645 posts)
4. Puerto Rico? LOL so this is about Venezuela?
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:00 AM
Feb 5

Is this Trump Inc offering Maduro a pardon if he admits they hacked votes or something?



It's like middle school kids writing their first comic book

Ilsa

(64,073 posts)
5. I used to consider Tulsi to be Putin's "useful idiot."
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:22 AM
Feb 5

Not any more. She wants her share of oligarch wealth. I wonder what her bank accounts look like? Does she have one in the Cayman Islands?

littlemissmartypants

(32,806 posts)
10. She's a child of "organized religion" don't think for a moment that
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:47 PM
Feb 5

Wasn't some sort of grifting criminal enterprise. Ripe opportunities to fleece people behind every prayer.

Kid Berwyn

(23,764 posts)
6. Gee, with Tulsi tabulatin', what can go wrong?
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:28 AM
Feb 5

Besides Trumputin “winning” the vote when otherwise he has to pay* people to do anything on his behalf?

* non-scale

yankee87

(2,785 posts)
7. 1/6 Redo
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:41 AM
Feb 5

Let's face it, the elections will never be accepted by him. I'm sure after the results are tabulated, tRump will declare the vote invalid and have the pedo Mike Johnson won't give them the oath of office. Even when the courts declare the election was fair, he won't accept them.

littlemissmartypants

(32,806 posts)
11. That doesn't mean that Don won't use their need to recieve funding for whatever...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:54 PM
Feb 5

And use their cooperation with election fraud as leverage to rig the primaries. nt

underpants

(195,683 posts)
16. That was what I was thinking. As they see them, lowly little Puerto Rico
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 01:12 PM
Feb 5

gives them access to voting machines. They have no voting representation and don’t vote in national elections other than primaries.

Javaman

(65,456 posts)
21. I have been long saying the mid terns will either not happen or so completely fucked up
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 01:29 PM
Feb 5

that the orange pedo will exploit the chaos.

he the seizing of the Georgia voter data is part if it.

he will create 12k votes from whole cloth but present them and "found" votes

and if that's not enough, the russian assent tulsi will make sure he wins with the rigged voting machines.

they are taking several different tacts at this.

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