The statement did not give further details or identify the threat.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) has called on President Joe Biden to declassify details on what he called a “serious national security threat.”
The statement did not give further details or identify the threat.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters he will brief some members of what is called the Gang of Eight regarding the threat.
This group overall includes Mr. Turner, House Intelligence Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-Conn.), Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).
“I reached out earlier this week to the Gang of Eight to offer myself up for a personal briefing,” said Mr. Sullivan. “And in fact, we scheduled a briefing for the four House members of the Gang of Eight for tomorrow. That’s been on the books.”
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Mr. Sullivan lamented Mr. Turner sounding the alarm on the publicly unknown threat.
“I’m not in a position to say anything further from this podium at this time,” added Mr. Sullivan.
Mr. Sullivan noted that the Biden administration has “gone further and in more creative, more strategic ways, dealt with the declassification of intelligence in the national interest of the United States than any administration in history” and, therefore, “you definitely are not going to find an unwillingness to do that when it’s in our national security interest to do so.”
When asked by The Epoch Times, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller reiterated what Mr. Sullivan said.
Mr. Johnson told reporters he is going to “press the administration to take appropriate action.”
“Steady hands are at the wheel, we’re working on it, there’s no need for alarm,” he said.
Members will be able to view the material in a secure location in the House between Feb. 14 and Feb. 16, said Mr. Turner.
Mr. Turner’s note comes a couple of days after the Senate passed a $95.3 billion package that includes assistance includes more than $61 billion in assistance to Ukraine amid its war with Russia, $14 billion to Israel in its war against Hamas, and $4.83 billion for Indo-Pacific partners, including Taiwan, to counter communist China’s aggression.
However, Mr. Johnson remarked on Feb. 14 that the House will not be “forced” by the Senate on its foreign assistance package that includes funding for Ukraine.
“They’re important issues on the table. We are not forced into action by the Senate, who in the latest product they sent us over does not have one word in the bill about America’s border, not one word about security,” he told reporters following the weekly House GOP conference meeting.
Indeed, it has attracted opposition from some conservative Republicans who say the U.S.–Mexico border should be secured before funds are given to overseas partners.
Therefore, “What we’re doing right now is the House is working its will.”
Original News Source Link – Epoch Times
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