House GOP leadership discussing new ways to limit classified information on Capitol Hill

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CNN — House Republican leadership is actively discussing new ways to restrict the classified information that all lawmakers can receive, after the White House indicated it will limit intelligence sharing with Congress going forward. Democrats are warning that would threaten their ability to do their jobs, and some Republicans also say they would be against further restrictions.

The conversations happening at the House leadership level have so far revolved around who should be allowed to access the most sensitive information, lawmakers involved in the discussions told CNN. The Trump administration is planning to limit what it shares with Congress, a senior White House official told CNN on Wednesday.

That comes after CNN reported that, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on it, the US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months. “We’re looking into that,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN, when asked what ways he is looking to limit classified information coming to Congress in the future. “It’s a real problem.”

Johnson did not rule out eliminating classified briefings for the entire House, which House and Senate lawmakers received last week on Iran, as a potential option. “It probably affects what we are able to be told because there are real risks to that. So, it’s unfortunate. It effects how the institution works, and that’s a problem so we got to address it,” Johnson said.

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