Claim by director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard made to look absurd during gruelling hearing
US director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was questioned by senators during a two-hour committee hearing on Tuesday in Washington, DC.
‘Pete Hegseth texted me the war plan’: How top US officials shared military strike details in group chat with journalistHow Jeff Bezos made peace with Donald Trump Under prolonged Democratic questioning, both witnesses repeatedly asserted that nothing in the messages fell under the category of classified information. At other times, when asked specifically about the messages sent by defence secretaryregarding imminent plans to execute a bombing mission on Houthi rebels in Yemen, they referred their answers to Hegseth’s department. But the attempts to stonewall the committee gradually backed both cabinet members into a corner.
The exchanges pivoted around an interjection by Tom Cotton, the Republican chair, to clarify the position of the witnesses. “I asked you a yes-or-no question and now, you’ll hold on. A national political reporter was made privy to sensitive military operations against a foreign terrorist organisation. And that wasn’t a huge mistake? That wasn’t a huge mistake? This was an embarrassment. There has been no apology. There has been no recognition of the gravity of this error. And by the way, we will get the full testimony of this chain, and your testimony will be measured carefully against its content.
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