Gabbard Refuses to Confirm IC Assessed Iran as 'Imminent Threat' Prior to War

DNI Gabbard told SSCI that determining imminent threats 'is not the intelligence community's responsibility' -- contradicting decades of IC practice where threat imminence is a core analytic product. Her refusal to confirm whether the IC assessed Iran as an imminent threat before hostilities fueled bipartisan criticism from both SSCI and HPSCI members.