Sen. Angus King had Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s head spinning in quick fashion after she at first claimed no classified intelligence was contained in the group chat and then immediately said she had no knowledge of the classifications.
KING: The secretary put into this group text a detailed operation plan, including targets, the weapons we were going to be using, attack sequences, and timing.
And yet you’ve testified that nothing in that chain was classified. Wouldn’t that be classified? What if that had been made public that morning before the attack took place?
GABBARD: Senator, I can attest to the fact that there were no classified or intelligence equities that were included in that chat group at any time.
KING: So the attack sequencing and timing and weapons and targets, you don’t consider to should have been classified?
GABBARD:I defer to the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council on that question.
KING: Well you’re the head of the intelligence community. You’re supposed to know about classifications.
