Despite growing evidence to the contrary, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard insisted March 26 that the details shared over the Signal app — including to a journalist for The Atlantic — did not amount to an unauthorized release of classified information. Her insistence came a day after she appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee, first refusing to confirm her inclusion in the group chat, then claiming she did not recall details of the conversation.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe, who also took part in the group chat, similarly defended his and others’ actions and denied wrongdoing again before lawmakers.
“As CIA director, one of the responsibilities is to kill terrorists. And that's exactly what I did, along with President Trump's excellent national security team,” Ratcliffe said. “I used an appropriate channel to communicate sensitive information. It was permissible to do so. I didn't transfer any classified information and, at the end of the day, what is most important is that the mission was a remarkable success.”
Those denials followed similar ones from Trump administration officials and spokespeople, who insisted that The Atlantic had exaggerated just how detailed and damaging the information might have been. So just hours before the hearing convened — and after double-checking that no official would call the information classi ..
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