Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe avoided answering lawmakers' questions during a rare congressional hearing about President Trump's Iran war planning and the extent of presidential briefings on potential scenarios leading up to airstrikes against Tehran.
The hearing represented an unusual opportunity for Congress to extract information from senior Trump administration intelligence officials about military planning and decision-making processes regarding Iran. Lawmakers sought to understand what intelligence assessments were provided to the president and how various strike scenarios were evaluated.