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.
“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.)
Ossoff had read 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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“Senator, the only person who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the president,” she said.
