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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88402, member: 27"]
Tulsi Gabbard basically told senators that only Trump gets to decide what counts as a threat, torching the entire concept of independent intelligence analysis in one Senate hearing.

Gabbard punts threat assessment to Trump
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[*]Tulsi Gabbard said determining threats isn't her job.
[*]Jon Ossoff pushed back hard, calling that absurd.
[*]Joe Kent's resignation letter triggered the whole confrontation.
[*]Kent wrote that Iran posed no imminent danger whatsoever.
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Gabbard's testimony contradicted her own paperwork
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[*]Her written statement called Iran's nuclear program obliterated.
[*]Oral testimony admitted Iran had been trying to rebuild.
[*]Mark Warner accused her of omitting Trump-contradicting details.
[*]She blamed the discrepancy on running long during the remarks.
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Ratcliffe played it way smoother
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[*]John Ratcliffe called Iran a constant, immediate threat.
[*]He pinned Iran's strength on the prior administrations' policies.
[*]Ratcliffe dodged controversy while still backing the president.
[*]His congressional hearing skills outpaced Gabbard's by miles.
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Annual threat report got a political makeover
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[*]Climate change and public health references were stripped entirely.
[*]Border security jumped to the top-priority slot this year.
[*]Russia and China threats remained but got deprioritized.
[*]Intelligence officials refused to detail pre-war briefings to Trump.
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