Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard may have been "guided" throughout her more than 24 years in politics by Chris Butler, the leader of a group countless ex-members have described as a "cult," an extensive report from The Washington Post revealed Sunday. Gabbard began her career in politics as a Hawaii state House representative in 2002, climbing the ranks over decades before being appointed as Director of National Intelligence last year, a position she resigned from last Friday citing her husband's deteriorating health. However, after obtaining "hundreds of confidential memos," the Post revealed that much of her decision making over the past two decades " from what she should say to what bills she should introduce " may have been "guided" by Butler, who founded the Science of Identity Foundation, a new religious movement that began in the 1970s, which some scholars have called a "cult."