Leak Reveals the Unusual Path of ‘Urgent’ Russian Threat Warning

WIRED’s review of the US House’s Dear Colleague messaging shows that HPSCI rarely issues urgent invitations to review classified materials; Chair Mike Turner’s recent alarm—later linked to Russian space-based military research—was an unusual outlier. The urgency was subsequently downplayed by other lawmakers and the Biden administration, prompting criticism of Turner for amplifying concerns about protecting classified sources and methods.