What’s a Threat? Gabbard Says It’s Up to Trump, on Iran and Elsewhere.

DIR. GABBARD: “Senator, the only person who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the President ––”

SEN. OSSOFF: “False.”

Sen. Ossoff Presses Director of National Intelligence on Imminent Threat Posed by Iran, Fulton County Raid

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What’s a Threat? Gabbard Says It’s Up to Trump, on Iran and Elsewhere.

In fact, while the president has broad authority to interpret intelligence any way he deems proper, Mr. Ossoff was right: At the National Intelligence University, which trains the intelligence agencies’ future leaders, there is a large body of literature about the art and science of providing warning (although Ms. Gabbard has ordered the university merged with another government school).

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India Offered Refuge to Iranian Frigate Before U.S. Navy Sank It

India Offered Refuge to Iranian Frigate Before U.S. Navy Sank It

On March 1, just as hostilities between the U.S. and Iran were getting under way, India had granted permission to a request from Iran for Dena and two other ships to moor at an Indian port. The support ship IRIS Laval pulled into Kochi and reached the safety of an Indian naval facility on March 4, Jaishankar said. Dena was sunk the same day, and support ship IRIS Bushehr sought refuge in Sri Lanka on March 5. 

Most likely, the sinking of the warship was a message to China.