On Wednesday, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) shared information concerning a “serious national security threat” with every member of Congress. The threat, described by numerous anonymous sources from within the intelligence community as “very sensitive,” appears to involve Russian military capabilities. Turner has urged the White House to immediately declassify all information related to the threat so that Congress, the Biden administration, and U.S. allies can openly discuss “the actions necessary to respond to this threat.”
This development comes directly on the heels of the passage of a $95 billion aid package for U.S. foreign policy priorities, $60 billion of which would provide military aid to Ukraine as it works to repel the Russian invasion. Barely passing through the Senate with the minimum 60 votes, the emergency spending bill faces tough odds in the House of Representatives. President Joe Biden warned that failure to pass the bill in Congress would be “playing into Putin’s hands.”
