‘An embarrassment!’ GA senator corners Trump security chiefs over ‘utterly unprofessional’ intel leak

On Tuesday, March 25, national security officials — including CIA Director John Ratcliffe, FBI Director Kash Patel and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard — appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee to answer questions about threats the United States is facing. The hearing came a day after the Trump Administration was rocked by a bombshell article from The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, who reported that he had been wrongly given access to a group chat describing plans for a military operation against Houthis in Yemen.The group, communicating via the messaging app Signal, included Gabbard as well as Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others. And critics of the Trump Administration are arguing that Goldberg’s access to the group was a major blunder from a national security standpoint.READ MORE: ‘Clawback cruelty’: How Trump is already destroying Social SecuritySen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) was among the senators who forcefully grilled Ratcliffe during the March 25 hearing, reminding the CIA director how egregious the blunder was. Ossoff wasn’t shy about asking tough questions, telling Ratcliffe, “Director, this was a huge mistake, correct?”When Ratcliffe responded, “No,” Ossoff told him, “hold on. A national political reporter was made privy to sensitive information about the Yemen military information against a foreign terrorist organization — and that wasn’t a huge mistake?…. This is an embarrassment. This is utterly unprofessional. There’s been no apology. There has been no recognition of the gravity of this error.”Ossoff added, “And by the way, we will get the full transcript of this chain, and your testimony will be measured carefully against its content.” READ MORE: ‘Irreparable harm’: Anger in swing state as Trump attacks federal ‘workers under siege’Watch the full video below or at this link.

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