作者：摩根·菲利普斯 | 福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年3月18日 美国东部时间下午6:38
在被反复追问情报是否支持伊朗构成迫在眉睫威胁的说法时，国家情报总监图尔西·加巴德拒绝直接回答，而拉特克利夫则坚称伊朗仍是直接威胁。
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国家情报总监图尔西·加巴德拒绝表示，根据情报，在近期美军发起进攻行动之前，伊朗是否对美国构成“迫在眉睫的威胁”——正如总统唐纳德·特朗普反复声称的那样。
“情报界是否评估伊朗政权存在‘迫在眉睫的核威胁’？是或否？”佐治亚州民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫在周三参议院情报委员会年度全球威胁听证会上向加巴德提问。
“只有总统能判定什么是、什么不是迫在眉睫的威胁，”加巴德回答。
特朗普重新发布辞职情报官员的旧推文
白宫多次辩称，伊朗的核储备和弹道导弹能力对美国构成迫在眉睫的威胁。
“我们的目标是通过消除伊朗政权的迫在眉睫威胁来保卫美国人民，”特朗普3月1日表示。
奥索夫周三进一步追问加巴德：“情报界的评估是否认为……存在‘迫在眉睫的核威胁’？是或否？”
“判定什么是、什么不是迫在眉睫的威胁，并非情报界的职责，”加巴德称。
加巴德强调了美国在伊朗行动的影响。
“情报界评估‘史诗愤怒行动’正在推动该地区的根本性变化，”她说，“伊朗的常规军事力量投射能力已基本被摧毁，选择有限。伊朗的战略地位大幅下降。”
国家情报总监图尔西·加巴德在华盛顿国会山出席参议院情报委员会听证会作证。（凯文·拉马尔克/路透社）
她拒绝直接回答的举动发生在特朗普的国家反恐中心主任乔·肯特辞职一天后——肯特此前公开表示他不认为伊朗构成迫在眉睫的威胁。
中央情报局局长约翰·拉特克利夫在听证会上语气更为坚定。
“有任何迹象表明伊朗已放弃核野心，或不再试图继续开发能威胁美国在中东驻军及盟友的弹道导弹吗？”德克萨斯州共和党参议员约翰·科宁问道。
“没有。事实上，情报显示情况恰恰相反，”拉特克利夫回答。
“所以你不同意肯特先生的观点？”科宁追问。
“我不同意，”拉特克利夫说。
特朗普送别因伊朗问题辞职的情报官员：“他离开是好事”
“我认为伊朗长期以来一直是美国的持续威胁，目前仍构成直接威胁，”他随后补充道。
政府高级官员辩称，伊朗正在积累导弹储备，以至于外国势力无法有效干预。
据信伊朗目前没有能打击美国本土的导弹，但特朗普称这个伊斯兰共和国正在朝这个能力发展。
“他们试图重建核计划，并继续开发远程导弹，这些导弹现在可以威胁我们在欧洲的好朋友和盟友、海外驻军，且很快可能抵达美国本土，”特朗普表示。
2025年5月，国防情报局称伊朗可能在2035年前研发出可打击美国的远程导弹。伊朗的一些最亲密盟友俄罗斯、中国和朝鲜已拥有洲际弹道导弹。
中央情报局局长约翰·拉特克利夫断言，美国情报机构认为伊朗未放弃核野心。（凯文·拉马尔克/路透社）
根据国际原子能机构数据，截至2025年年中，伊朗拥有约441公斤丰度为60%的铀。若进一步浓缩至武器级，足以制造多枚核武器。
专家估计，在理想条件下，将铀浓缩至90%可能需要数周时间。但制造实用核武器还需额外步骤，包括武器化和交付系统开发，可能耗时数月甚至更久。
加巴德的背景与表态
前民主党众议员加巴德因反对美国对外军事干预而声名鹊起。
她对伊朗冲突公开表态不多，但在肯特辞职后于X平台（原推特）发布的声明中强调，迫在眉睫威胁的判定权属于总统。
“唐纳德·特朗普以压倒性优势当选美国总统和总司令。作为总司令，他负责判定什么是、什么不是迫在眉睫的威胁，”她在X平台写道。
“在仔细审查所有相关信息后，特朗普总统认定伊朗的伊斯兰恐怖主义政权构成迫在眉睫的威胁，并据此采取行动。”
她的言论凸显了周三听证会的核心矛盾：尽管政府将冲突定义为对迫在眉睫威胁的回应，但情报官员并未公开确认这一评估。
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加巴德拒绝直接回答的举动发生在特朗普的国家反恐中心主任乔·肯特辞职一天后——肯特此前公开表示他不认为伊朗构成迫在眉睫的威胁。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-滚石图片社 via盖蒂图片社）
Tulsi Gabbard refuses to confirm Iran posed imminent threat to US | Fox News
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News
Published March 18, 2026 6:38pm EDT
Pressed repeatedly on whether intelligence supported claims of an imminent threat, DNI Tulsi Gabbard refuses to give a direct answer while Ratcliffe asserts Iran remained an immediate danger.
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declined to say whether intelligence showed that Iran posed an “imminent threat” to the U.S. prior to the launch of recent offensive operations, as President Donald Trump repeatedly has asserted.
“Was it the assessment of the intelligence community that there was an ‘imminent nuclear threat’ posed by the Iranian regime? Yes or no?” Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., asked Gabbard during the Senate Intelligence Committee’s annual worldwide threats hearing Wednesday.
“The only person who can determine what is and is not an imminent threat is the president,” Gabbard said.
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The White House has repeatedly argued Iran’s nuclear stockpiles and ballistic missile capacity pose an imminent threat to the U.S.
“Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime,” Trump said March 1.
Ossoff pressed Gabbard further Wednesday: “Was it the intelligence community’s assessment … there was an ‘imminent nuclear threat’? Yes or no?”
“It is not the intelligence community’s responsibility to determine what is and is not an imminent threat,” Gabbard said.
Gabbard highlighted the impact of U.S. operations in Iran.
“The IC assesses that Operation Epic Fury is advancing fundamental change in the region,” she said. Iran’s “conventional military power projection capabilities have largely been destroyed, leaving limited options. Iran’s strategic position has been significantly degraded.”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Her refusal to directly answer comes one day after Trump’s director at the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, resigned after publicly stating he did not believe Iran posed an imminent threat.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe struck a more assertive tone at the hearing.
“Is there anything to indicate that Iran had ceased in its nuclear ambitions or in its desire to continue to build ballistic missiles capable of threatening American troops and allies in the Middle East?” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, asked him.
“No. In fact, the intelligence reflects the contrary,” Ratcliffe said.
“So you disagree with Mr. Kent?” Cornyn asked.
“I do,” Ratcliffe said.
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“I think Iran has been a constant threat to the United States for an extended period of time and posed an immediate threat at this time,” he later added.
Top administration officials have argued that Iran was building up its missile stockpiles to a point where foreign powers could no longer effectively intervene.
Iran is not believed to currently possess missiles capable of reaching the U.S. homeland, but Trump has said the Islamic Republic is working toward that capability.
“They attempted to rebuild their nuclear program and to continue developing long range missiles that can now threaten our very good friends and allies in Europe, our troops stationed overseas and could soon reach the American homeland,” Trump said.
The Defense Intelligence Agency said in May 2025 that Iran could develop a long-range missile capable of reaching the U.S. by 2035. Russia, China and North Korea, some of Iran’s closest allies, already possess intercontinental ballistic missiles.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe asserted that U.S. intelligence asserts Iran has not ceased nuclear ambitions.(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
Iran possessed roughly 441 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% as of mid-2025, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. Enough, if further enriched to weapons-grade levels, to fuel multiple nuclear weapons.
Experts estimate that final enrichment to 90% could take weeks under ideal conditions. However, producing a functional nuclear weapon would require additional steps, including weaponization and delivery system development, which could take months or longer.
Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman, rose to national prominence in part for her opposition to U.S. military interventions overseas.
She has said little publicly about the Iran conflict, but in a statement posted to X following Kent’s resignation, Gabbard emphasized that the determination of an imminent threat rests with the president.
Gabbard’s refusal to directly answer comes one day after Trump’s director at the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, resigned after publicly stating he did not believe Iran posed an imminent threat.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“Donald Trump was overwhelmingly elected by the American people to be our President and Commander in Chief. As our Commander in Chief, he is responsible for determining what is and is not an imminent threat,” she wrote on X.
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“After carefully reviewing all the information before him, President Trump concluded that the terrorist Islamist regime in Iran posed an imminent threat and he took action based on that conclusion.”
Her comments underscored a central tension in Wednesday’s hearing: While the administration has framed the conflict as a response to an imminent threat, intelligence officials stopped short of publicly affirming that assessment.
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