A Mysterious National-Security Threat Roils Washington

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Rep. Mike Turner, who leads the House Intelligence Committee, calls on the White House to release details on a classified threat, sparking speculation and a murky confirmation of a Russian anti-satellite weapon. Plus, Donald Trump's hush-money trial gets a court date, while Fani Willis is grilled about whether dating one of her prosecutors requires her disqualification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:26.3	A mysterious secret national security threat Royals Washington this week as Donald Trump gets a date for his first criminal trial the hush money case in New York
0:31.4	and maybe a disqualification of Georgia
0:34.8	district attorney Fawnee willis. Welcome I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street
0:39.3	Journal. We are joined today by my colleagues editorial board members Kate Batchelder Odell and
0:45.2	Manay Uquay Berua.
0:47.8	The fur in Washington this week started with a cryptic statement from Congressman Mike Turner.
0:54.0	Here's what he said today.
0:55.2	The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has made available to all members of Congress
0:59.6	information concerning a serious national security threat.
1:03.2	I am requesting that President Biden declassify all information relating to this
1:07.8	threat so that Congress, the administration, and our allies can openly discuss the actions necessary to respond.
1:15.4	That was followed with all sorts of leaks and rumors.
1:19.0	It was something about space.
1:21.2	Then there was a reporter that caught a congressman coming out of a
1:24.0	skiff, the area where they're allowed to view classified material and his quote
1:27.8	was it's definitely not about aliens, so sorry to disappoint listeners there.
1:32.2	Then the rumor that it had something to disappoint listeners there.
1:32.8	Then the rumor that it had something to do with nuclear capability,
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