The classified version includes more discussion of the confidence levels. 'We have high confidence in this assessment [that both SVR and GRU hacked political targets]...' This indicates a strong basis for the assessment, differing from public release nuances.
"As the vice chair of the DNC, I'm required to stay neutral in Democratic primaries," Gabbard explained in a video announcing her resignation. The Hawaiian-born stateswoman praised Sanders' antiwar stance as a defining feature of his candidacy. "He will not waste precious lives and money on interventionist wars or regime change," she said. "Such counterproductive wars undermine our national security and economic prosperity."
Ms. Gabbard has repeatedly voiced views in line with the Kremlin's. She insisted that the Biden administration, NATO and some European countries had dismissed Russia's security concerns about Ukraine and that Mr. Putin, who ordered the military invasion, was not solely to blame for the conflict.
On Thursday she will be defending those comments. At her confirmation hearing, senators are likely to zero in on her sympathy toward Russian President Vladimir V. Putin's arguments for waging war in Ukraine.