US intelligence officials to appear at House hearing after Senate grilling over leaked military plan
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, center, is flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel, left, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, as the Senate Intelligence Committee holds its worldwide threats hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)2025-03-26T04:08:30Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trumps top intelligence officials will brief House lawmakers Wednesday on global threats facing the U.S. though theyll likely be questioned again over their use of a group text to discuss plans for military strikes in Yemen.CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and FBI Director Kash Patel are among those who were asked to testify before the House Intelligence Committee as part of its annual review of threats facing the U.S.At a similar hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Gabbard briefed lawmakers on her offices threat assessment, noting that China, Russia, Iran and North Korea continue to pose security challenges to the U.S., as do drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations.The presentations from top Trump appointees reflect Trumps foreign policy priorities, including a focus on combating the flow of fentanyl, illegal immigration and human trafficking, and are taking place as Trump attempts to work out a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine three years after Russias invasion. Tuesdays hearing was dominated by questions about Ratcliffe and Gabbards participation in a group chat on Signal in which they discussed plans to strike Houthi rebels in Yemen. The group included a journalist, The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg. Gabbard and Ratcliffe have said no classified information was included in the messages, but Democrats have decried the use of the messaging app, saying that any release of information about timetables, weapons or military activities could have put U.S. servicemembers at risk. At Tuesdays hearing they asked Patel, who was not a participant in the text chain, if he would investigate. Its likely House Democrats will press Patel on the same question Wednesday.The National Security Council has said it will investigate the matter, which Trump on Tuesday downplayed as a glitch. Goldberg said he received the Signal invitation from Mike Waltz, Trumps national security adviser, who was also in the group chat.
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