During the Senate Intelligence Committee's annual national threat assessment hearing, key intelligence leaders faced intense scrutiny regarding their involvement in a group chat assessing an imminent U.S. military action in Yemen. Directors Gabbard and Ratcliffe struggled under questioning from Democratic senators about the inclusion of The Atlantic's editor in the discussion, which seemed to divert blame within the intelligence community. Their evasive responses raised concerns over transparency and accountability within national security operations, illustrating the precarious balance between public communication and classified operations.
Ratcliffe had a particularly hard time; for a CIA director, he didn't seem to have much to do with intelligence, in any sense of the word.
Both Ratcliffe and Gabbard were parboiled by Democratic senators as they first tried to dodge the fact that they were on the group chat.
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