Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard sidestepped a pointed question about whether or not, as the White House suggested, there was an “imminent nuclear threat” from Iran during a Senate hearing on worldwide threats.
Instead, she underscored the threat of Iran’s intent to obtain nuclear weapons, something she previously doubted, and argued that it is President Trump’s decision to determine the imminence of a given threat.
“The intelligence community assessed that Iran maintained the intention to rebuild and to continue to grow their nuclear enrichment capability,” Gabbard told Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), who grilled her on the White House’s statements.
Ossoff had quoted the Intelligence Community’s conclusion that Iran’s nuclear program had been “obliterated,” something with which Gabbard concurred. He then repeatedly pressed her on whether Iran posed an imminent nuclear threat, but she consistently dodged.
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