Tulsi Gabbard’s Dicey Sources of Information on Syrian Chemical Weapons

The Washington Post has a longish article on Tulsi Gabbard’s reliance on Ted Postol for information on Syrian chemical weapons. Postol, in turn, relied on the pseudonymous Syrian Girl, a propagandist for the Assad regime, who may have had a college level course in chemistry.

I wrote about it for Bellingcat back in the day, and I’m quoted in the story.

Her hearing for confirmation as Director of National Intelligence is on Thursday.