An honest explanation is needed 'for the reasons behind the President's order authorizing the military action against Soleimani... It's time for the intelligence committees to call the intelligence chiefs to testify,' Carrie Cordero writes for CNNOpinion
Carrie Cordero is a CNN legal and national security analyst. She is the Robert M. Gates senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. View more opinions on CNN.
The targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, carried with it significant potential to serve as a catalyst for a broader overt and covert military conflict with Iran.
The intelligence committees of Congress were designed for this moment.Carrie CorderoIn just the first two weeks after the attack, Iran has launched a counterattack at a US and allied forces base in Iraq, at least 56 Iranians were killed in stampedes during funeral processions for Soleimani and 176 souls from at least seven different countries were killed when an Iranian missile struck a Ukrainian passenger jet during the tense days after the Soleimani strike.
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