The Trump administration plans to hide classified information from Congress after President Donald Trump was caught lying about Iran’s nuclear facilities being “obliterated” by the recent US bombing.
Someone leaked an internal assessment suggesting that Saturday’s bombings of Iran’s nuclear facilities weren’t as successful as Trump claimed, reports Axios:
The administration sources say they’re planning to limit posting on CAPNET, a system the administration uses to share classified information with Congress.
The DIA’s assessment on the Iran bombings was put on CAPNET late Monday. The next afternoon, CNN and then the New York Times reported snippets of the assessment.
The early media reports indicated that Iran’s nuclear program had been set back only by a matter of months, instead of being “obliterated.”
Democrats slammed Trump for his plan to conceal facts from Congress, reports Axios:
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants to know what President Trump is “hiding” after the White House decided to limit the classified intel it shares with Congress, as Axios scooped earlier today…
Democrats see the Trump decision — made after an alleged leak of intelligence earlier this week — as a significant escalation in what they say is the White House’s attempt to stonewall Congress about the Iran conflict.