Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) clashed with Trump administration intelligence officials as they asserted that information on U.S. war plans for Yemen did not include intelligence information.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard initially declined to say whether she was a party in a Signal group chat exposed by Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg after he was apparently inadvertently included in the group chat.
Gabbard repeatedly said she was “not going to get into” the matter, telling Warner it was “currently under review.” CIA Director John Ratcliffe, however, confirmed he was on the group chat.
But the two sparred with Warner, rebuffing his demands to turn over the Signal messages amid questions about whether the chats included classified information. The Trump administration has repeatedly warned it plans to crack down on leaks of classified information.
“Senator, I’ll reiterate that there was no classified material that was shared,” Gabbard said.
Goldberg described the sharing of “operational details” such as what targets the U.S. would strike, which would likely be classified, as well as the name of an intelligence officer.
