NY Times reports show Harris critiqued intelligence reports for how they described female leaders

The New York Times reported connected Friday that Vice President Kamala Harris critiqued intelligence reports for really they described female leaders of different countries.

"Ms. Harris, nan first female to clasp her office, ordered up a reappraisal that scrutinized aggregate years of briefing reports from various intelligence agencies, looking for imaginable gender bias," nan authors wrote successful nan Times. 

Harris' attraction to nan briefing reports stemmed from her being "struck by nan measurement 2 overseas leaders were described." 

After officials scrutinized nan reports, they recovered "some questionable connection choices but nary wide pattern," nan Times reported, citing a elder intelligence charismatic who requested anonymity to talk nan review.

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Intelligence officials were prompted to adhd "a caller training people for analysts connected really to judge and measure female overseas leaders," nan Times wrote.

More specifically, nan Times reported that nan "class now teaches intelligence analysts really to amended measure nan discourse successful which women leaders run and nan imaginable effect of gender connected their profession paths, decision-making and argumentation choices, according to a U.S. official."

"The section proved to beryllium a preview of Ms. Harris’s priorities. The vice president put questions astir gender and title astatine nan halfway of galore of nan argumentation discussions successful her office, aides and erstwhile management officials said," nan Times reported.

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters successful Houston, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Harris reportedly caught nan attraction of Avril Haines, nan first female head of nationalist intelligence successful nan US, erstwhile nan Democratic statesmanlike nominee shared interest astir imaginable gender bias successful briefing reports successful nan intelligence community.

Intelligence officials are now regularly checking for imaginable gender bias, a elder charismatic told nan Times. Furthermore, intelligence officials shared pinch nan Times that Harris wanted much intelligence reporting connected really gender inequalities successful various nations weaken their nationalist security.

"She paid peculiar attraction to Africa, Southeast Asia and nan Caribbean — regions that person been overlooked successful mainstream foreign-policy making, 1 of them said," intelligence officials told nan Times.

The Harris run nor Biden management officials responded to a petition for comment.

The accusation shared by intelligence officials was portion of nan Times' study connected Harris being silent connected her argumentation grounds arsenic she "appeals to mean voters and tries to defy Donald J. Trump’s claims that she represents ‘the extremist left.'"

The Times explained further that Harris’ past grounds successful combating gender bias successful intelligence agencies, promoting "equity" successful nan government's consequence to nan coronavirus pandemic, and different measures "aimed astatine systemic disparities" person not been touted connected nan run trail.

"While Ms. Harris’s friends picture this arsenic a defining characteristic of her vice presidency — 1 that separates her from her predecessors, including Democrats — she is not moving connected this portion of her record," nan Times reported.

Vice President and Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Kamala Harris and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer guidelines together connected nan shape surrounded by supporters astatine a run rally astatine nan Detroit Metropolitan Airport successful Romulus, Michigan, August 7, 2024. (Photo by Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"She seldom talks explicitly astir really she would usage authorities to reside racism and sexism — and only sparingly mentions her ain position arsenic perchance nan first woman, first Asian American and first Black female to clasp nan presidency."

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A erstwhile adjutant to nan vice president told nan Times that Harris "was ever willing successful gender."

"We each knew it was really important to her, truthful we would proactively adhd that to her briefings. She didn’t person to inquire for it," said nan aide, who requested anonymity.

While her grounds whitethorn suggest that Harris is focused connected women and minorities, her aides support that nan vice president is concerned astir immoderate "overlooked group, including low-income Americans of immoderate title aliases ethnicity."

Many of Harris' past positions person been put successful nan spotlight since she ascended to nan apical of nan summons aft President Biden withdrew from nan statesmanlike race. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Many of Harris' past positions person been put successful nan spotlight since she ascended to nan apical of nan ticket aft President Biden withdrew from nan statesmanlike race.

For example, Harris supported taxpayer-funded room for trans prisoners and forbidden immigrants erstwhile responding to a questionnaire conducted by nan American Civil Liberties Union.

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