Chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator Richard Burr, has reportedly asked staff to review comments Senator Ted Cruz made during Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, as they may have included classified information.
Sen Intel Chair Burr says he asked staff to review Ted Cruz’s comments from debate to see if he released classified info -h/t @tedbarrettcnn
— Deirdre Walsh (@deirdrewalshcnn) December 16, 2015
During an exchange, Senator Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz stated their different understandings of legislation and their different opinions on the NSA.
Cruz said:
Rubio then replied:
According to The Hill, Burr told reporters, “I’m having my staff look at the transcripts of the debate right now. Any time you deal with numbers … the question is, ‘Is that classified or not?’ Or is there an open source reference to it?”
The senator did not see the exchange live, and was instead watching “The Voice.”
Update: The committee just released a statement saying it “is not investigating anything said during last night’s Republican presidential debate.”
well that’s an awkward about-face: Senate Intel no longer “investigating” Cruz’s NSA comments pic.twitter.com/bZyB2oYFgQ
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) December 16, 2015
