Congress cut off? White House limits intel sharing after Iran strikes report leak
The White House is restricting congressional access to classified information after a leak revealed details of US military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. This leak, exposing a Defense Intelligence Agency assessment, has sparked outrage and prompted immediate action. The Trump administration will limit intelligence shared on CAPNET, raising concerns about transparency.
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The White House is tightening its grip on classified information shared with Congress after a leaked report revealed the early damage assessments of recent US military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, as per NBC News report.The leak, which exposed a Defense Intelligence Agency finding that Iran's nuclear capabilities may have only been set back by three to six months, has drawn sharp rebuke from both the administration and lawmakers, and now prompted swift action to restrict access to such kind of information, according to the report.ALSO READ: Supreme Court rules in favor of Donald Trump's birthright citizenship proposal The Trump administration will now limit what intelligence appears on CAPNET, the classified communications network used to share sensitive materials with Congress, as reported by NBC News. It's a move that immediately raised concerns about transparency and oversight, especially from Democratic members of Congress, according to the report.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that, 'The administration should immediately undo this decision," adding, 'They seem not to want to see the facts to get out. Just Trump's version of the facts, which we know is often false," as quoted by NBC News report.ALSO READ: Pete Hegseth sparks buzz by renaming USNS Harvey Milk after World War II hero Oscar V. Peterson Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson, expressed anger over the leaked reporting of the Defense Intelligence Agency's early assessment of the US strikes on Iran, saying, 'There was a leak, and we're trying to get down to the bottom of that. It's dangerous and ridiculous that happened. We're going to solve that problem, and we'll keep the coordination,' as quoted in the NBC News report. When he was asked if he thought the leak came from Congress, the speaker responded, saying, 'That's my suspicion,' as quoted in the report.Even though the Trump administration's crackdown and Johnson's suspicions are on Congress, it's not actually known if the leak came from a member of Congress, as reported by NBC News.According to the report, lawmakers had access to the early assessment about the strikes from the Defense Intelligence Agency and were able to view it in a secure location in the Capitol, known as a SCIF, and then the assessment was sent to leadership through these official channels.While the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News, 'I am told by the FBI the leak already is being investigated, and it absolutely should be because this was a top secret intelligence analysis that very few people in the United States government had access to see,' as quoted by The Hill report.It's a secure network the executive branch uses to send classified information to lawmakers.There's no proof yet. Speaker Johnson suspects it, but investigations are still underway.
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