US EditionGabbard, Ratcliffe dodge questions about Trump's Iran war planning
Senators pressed intelligence officials on warnings about Iran’s threats and questioned outdated targeting data linked to a missile strike that killed over 165 people.
- On Wednesday, Democratic senators pressed Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, about advising President Donald Trump on Iran's threats, but she largely deflected questions.
- With recent domestic attacks raising urgency, hearings continue into Thursday amid scrutiny of the U.S. Middle East campaign and Joe Kent's resignation as National Counterterrorism Center director.
- Reporting found that outdated targeting data came from the Defense Intelligence Agency and likely led to a missile strike killing more than 165 at an elementary school in Iran.
- At the hearings, lawmakers questioned Tulsi Gabbard about her presence at a January FBI search of a Fulton County election hub, which she said she attended at the president's request but did not participate in, and Kash Patel's leadership of the FBI has come under scrutiny after firing dozens of agents.
- The Strait of Hormuz serves as a crucial passageway for oil and gas from the Persian Gulf, and President Donald Trump has urged U.S. allies to help safeguard the waterway while CIA Director John Ratcliffe said 'The intelligence reflects the contrary'.
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Gabbard, Ratcliffe dodge questions about Trump's Iran war planning
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe dodged questions about President Trump’s planning for the war with Iran and to what extent the president was briefed on the possible scenarios in the lead-up to the airstrikes against Tehran. Lawmakers attempted to utilize the rare hearing to extract answers from senior Trump [...]
By Aaron Blake, CNN. Senior Trump administration officials testified publicly Wednesday for the first time since the start of the Iran-Contra affair three weeks ago. Officials including Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and FBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, where they were pressed about the administration's often confusing and contradictory claims regarding the…
The nation’s top intelligence officials are lining up behind the Trump administration’s narrative that the U.S. had been under imminent threat from Iran before attacking Tehran.
Gabbard deflects about intelligence she offered Trump before Iran war
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators pressed the U.S. government’s top intelligence official at annual worldwide threats hearings Wednesday about the war with Iran, including whether she had advised President Donald Trump that Tehran was likely to block the Strait of…
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