Skip to Main ContentCIA Director Runs Cover For Trump Despite Report Iran Posed No Imminent Threat To U.S.CIA Director John Ratcliffe and National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard are testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee this morning. Predictably, there’s plenty of interest in what President Donald Trump was briefed on before he committed the U.S. to a war with Iran that’s lacking clear objectives and justification.Asked by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) to respond to National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent’s scathing resignation letter yesterday, where he blamed Israel for the war and said Iran posed no imminent threat to the U.S., Ratcliffe dodged.“I think Iran has been a constant threat to the United States for an extended period of time, and posed an immediate threat at this time,” he said.Cornyn didn’t ask Gabbard the same question.See All UpdatesClose