Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., told Newsmax on Thursday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s fiery reaction to the media’s rush to publish a leaked preliminary damage report on the efficacy of the U.S. strikes on Iran is understandable because “loose lips sink ships.”
“We have classified briefings all the time as members of the Armed Services Committee and when we receive that information, we fully understand, we give our word that we will not share that outside of a classified setting and with people who are screened to be able to receive that information,” Fischer said on “Wake Up America.” “It can put our military members, it can put our operatives in other countries, in danger if you have loose lips.
“There’s a sign in the classified briefing area from World War II — it says loose lips sink ships. So, I can I identify with them on how upset they are by that. We need to find who did it and take action, appropriate action, against them.”
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