Business Insider: Mike Pence says Congress might 'compromise sources and methods' if fully briefed on the Soleimani strike
* Vice President Mike Pence insisted on Thursday that the administration couldn't reveal more information to lawmakers about the alleged "imminent threat" posed by an Iranian general the US military assassinated last week.
* Pence said in interviews with NBC News and Fox News that providing more information about the threat to lawmakers in a classified setting could compromise sensitive "sources and methods."
* This comes as many lawmakers — including two Republican senators — have slammed the administration for failing to provide Congress with key information about the threat after the fact.
* The administration has repeatedly insisted it was forced to "act in self-defense," but has not made public any information regarding a specific threat.
Vice President Mike Pence appeared on Fox and Friends and The Today Show Thursday morning to insist that the Trump administration couldn't reveal more information — even to lawmakers in a classified setting — about the alleged "imminent threat" posed by an Iranian general the US military assassinated last week.
Pence said that congressional lawmakers might compromise sensitive "sources and methods" if they were given more information about the specific attack Soleimani was allegedly planning.
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WNU Editor: There is no longer any trust between the two branches of government. When House Democrats declared President Trump a threat to national security and voted to impeach him so that he could be forcibly removed from office, this ended any hope of cooperation. In regards to the Iran file, both sides are on opposite sides on what should be done.
