Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified before the Senate on Wednesday that, following last year's U.S. strikes on nuclear facilities, Iran "has not attempted to resume uranium enrichment." Gabbard stated that the intelligence community "continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and that the supreme leader has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003." At the same time, however, she noted that Iran's stockpiles of enriched uranium "are at the highest levels in history and are unprecedented for a state without nuclear weapons." NBC News ↗
President Trump immediately rejected her conclusions. Asked by reporters about Gabbard's testimony, he replied: "I don't care what she said. I think they were very close to having it." The disagreement between the president and his own director of national intelligence is highly unusual and underscores internal tension within the administration over the justification for the war. Trump has repeatedly claimed that the war is necessary to stop Iran's nuclear program, but his own intelligence community does not support these claims. NBC News ↗
Gabbard also faced tough questions from senators over the resignation of Joe Kent, head of the National Counterterrorism Center, who stepped down on Tuesday in protest against the war. In his resignation letter, Kent wrote that the war was launched "under pressure from Israel and its American lobby." Gabbard distanced herself from Kent's claims. NPR ↗
Gabbard: Iran has not resumed uranium enrichment. Trump: I don't care what she said
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