'We're Here Because We Pulled Out Of The JCPOA': Quigley Reacts To Iran Strike Closed-Door Briefing

Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) speaks to reporters after a closed-door briefing on the U.S. strikes on Iran.

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00:00Yes, but can you talk to us about what other questions you might still have?

00:03Sorry, what?

00:04Could you talk to us just about what other questions you might still have coming out of this?

00:07Look, I think the questions we all ask is what's next.

00:10You know, you can't take back what's taken place.

00:13What do we do next and what do we assume and understand that Israelis and Iranians were next?

00:18And the final analysis, we're here because we pulled out of the JCPOA,

00:23and the final analysis, that was diplomatic efforts.

00:26So we applaud those efforts now.

00:30It's really the only thing that's left to do.

00:33Are you satisfied with the briefing that you heard today?

00:36This was a better briefing than we typically get.

00:39Do you have a sense of how much destruction there was and whether it was?

00:42No, I'm on the intel committee, so I didn't learn anything.

00:46Did you have any update on whether or not the centrifuges have moved toward the status?

00:51That's the kind of detail I can't give in these circumstances, but it's obviously a new sheriff.

00:55Did the leak come up at all?

00:58Look, there was obvious admonitions, you can't leak stuff, and that's right.

01:04It is illegal, it is wrong, it is dangerous.

01:07It makes us less safe when people leak things.

01:09It risks our sources and methods.

01:11People should be prosecuted.

01:13Presidents for all time are angry about leaps, and they should be, Democrat, Republican.

01:18But history shows almost all leaks come out of the executive branch.

01:23I got it, y'all.