Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) made a cryptic statement Wednesday regarding a “serious national security threat,” sparking speculation and concern from Americans.
“Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has made available to all Members of Congress information concerning a serious national security threat,” Turner said in a statement released on the House Intelligence Committee’s X account.
“I am requesting that President Biden declassify all information relating to this threat so that Congress, the Administration, and our allies can openly discuss the actions necessary to respond to this threat,” The post continued.
Several leaks have confirmed that the threat in question is Russia’s plan to send nuclear weapons into space. These nuclear weapons would not make a descent to Earth; instead, they would be used to take out satellites. Turner, the head of the House Intelligence Committee, referred to these satellites as a “destabilizing foreign military capability.”
The overly cryptic messages being combined with multiple coinciding press leaks has raised suspicions. While this is a serious development, many have noticed that the information has been released in an unusually attention-grabbing way.
While Russia sending nuclear weapons into space could become a national security threat in times of war, many Americans are connecting the dots between the sensationalization of this new development and the delay of a crucial vote on revisions to FISA.
The proposed revisions included the need for government agencies to obtain a warrant before searching Americans’ private communications. Turner and his committee were against such revisions and notably did not appear at the crucial debate regarding them. Not long after the debate, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced that voting on the bill would be delayed until further notice.
The Russians’ new capabilities are concerning, of course. Our satellites are critical for internet access, communications, and military surveillance. While the threat isn’t trivial, the way it’s being presented is concerningly sensationalized.
Users on X presented a range of theories, but the general consensus is that the government is making a particularly big deal of this story to distract Americans from other things going on in the country.
Just to be clear
I do not believe, at all, that Russian space nukes are imminent
They want to re-up FISA 702 so they can spy on you without a warrant and also send $60 billion more to Ukraine to cover-up their criminality until after the election
That's it
That's all it is— Clint Russell (@LibertyLockPod) February 14, 2024