Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel are turning their agencies against their own staff.
Working in government, especially in national defense or the intelligence community, can be an unsettling business. You must give up a few of your rights and a lot of your privacy in order to remain a trustworthy public servant. The higher your level of clearance to access sensitive information, the more privacy you cede—and sometimes, as those of us who have been through the process can affirm, you find yourself with an investigator from your agency’s security office, explaining the embarrassing details of your finances or your emotional stability, and even answering some squirm-inducing questions about your love life.
