LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, repeatedly dodged questions on Wednesday about whether Iran posed an “imminent” threat to the United States before the U.S. launched missile strikes against Tehran last month. “The only person who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the president,” Gabbard told lawmakers at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats. Advertisement“It is not the intelligence community’s responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat,” she added. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) pushed back on Gabbard’s statement, calling it “false.”“It is precisely your responsibility to say what constitutes a threat to the United States. Kent said Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States, contradicting the Trump administration.

Source: Huffington Post March 18, 2026 23:14 UTC