Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), who serves as the ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, was not briefed about the plans to strike Iran’s nuclear facility, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to the Washington Examiner.

Other top congressional Democrats serving on intelligence committees were also not informed of the strikes ordered on Iranian nuclear facilities Saturday night, according to CNN.

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