The Hill Article RatingTurner sparks backlash with cryptic call to declassify 'national security threat'
Feb 16, 2024 View Original Article
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-92% Extremely Liberal
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-38% Medium Liberal
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14% Positive
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| Sentence | Sentiment | Bias |
|---|---|---|
| "In my heart of hearts, my first gut reaction was: He did it because he thought we should know." | Positive | 38% Conservative |
| "Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), an Intelligence Committee member, agreed with Turner's call to declassify." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), an Intelligence Committee member, agreed with Turner's call to declassify." | Positive | 16% Conservative |
| "Anybody who's familiar with what is the situation here, they should be thanking and hugging Mike Turner." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Trust me, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) said, adding that he supports the chair's call to have the information released publicly." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "Smith emphasized that there are circumstances when it's advantageous to America's security interests that certain information be disclosed publicly." | Positive | 8% Conservative |
| "It's not a decision that one individual member of Congress wakes up one day and decides he's going to do on his own, Smith said." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "I know it's fashionable just to beat up the other side, said Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), a former member of the Intelligence panel." | Negative | -10% Liberal |
| "And after leaving a briefing with national security adviser Jake Sullivan, he also stressed the need to work with the Biden administration on the matter." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "And after leaving a briefing with national security adviser Jake Sullivan, he also stressed the need to work with the Biden administration on the matter." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "As long as they are able to scrub it in terms of sources and methods, but a lot of it's so highly technical, I think it'd be very difficult to do, McCaul said." | Negative | -12% Liberal |
| "Ogles needs to f***ing check himself, Crenshaw said." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Fitzpatrick, another Intel member, predicted the public can make its own judgments about Turner's decision soon." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "Fitzpatrick, another Intel member, predicted the public can make its own judgments about Turner's decision soon." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) is coming under fire -- including from members of his own party -- after sparking alarm with a cryptic call to declassify information about a serious national security threat." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "Turner has thus far not addressed his reasons for Wednesday's public release, instead focusing on the full committee's decision to share the information with House lawmakers a day earlier." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "So I would hope that's not the case, McCaul said." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "He did, however, cite complications to Turner's plans for release." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Some Democrats also defended Turner's integrity, even as they questioned the way he went about calling for declassification." | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "Turner sent a letter to House colleagues Tuesday informing them that the full Intelligence Committee voted to make information available to members regarding an urgent matter with regard to a destabilizing foreign military capability that should be known by all Congressional Policy Makers." | Negative | -22% Liberal |
| "Massie echoed that sentiment, saying he did not go to view the intelligence because he thought it was trying to motivate opposition to the FISA debate and or trying to motivate Ukraine money." | Negative | -26% Liberal |
| "It was irresponsible, said Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a member of the Judiciary Committee." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "And this places that at risk, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), senior Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, told CNN on Thursday morning." | Negative | -28% Liberal |
| "A day later, Turner's actions are spurring backlash from some of those lawmakers, who say the threat was not imminent and his warnings were overstated." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence worked in consultation with the Biden Administration to notify Congress of this national security threat, Turner said in a statement on Thursday, noting the 23-1 committee vote to allow other members to see it." | Negative | -30% Liberal |
| "Some prominent Democrats also joined the chorus of critics, saying Turner's actions risked exposing sensitive intelligence information to America's enemies." | Negative | -32% Liberal |
| "The episode has highlighted the eroding trust between different wings of the Republican Party, with some of Turner's harshest critics leveling accusations that he made the comment to advance legislative priorities they opposed: Ukraine aid and reforms to the nation's warrantless surveillance powers, known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)." | Negative | -34% Liberal |
| "On Wednesday, Turner took that message public, releasing a short statement disclosing the serious national security threat and calling on President Biden to declassify the information -- a move that caught even other members of the Intelligence Committee by surprise." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "On Wednesday, Turner took that message public, releasing a short statement disclosing the serious national security threat and calling on President Biden to declassify the information -- a move that caught even other members of the Intelligence Committee by surprise." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "But claims Turner had ulterior motives in calling for the release of the information were roundly rejected by those that work with him on the Intelligence Committee." | Negative | -36% Liberal |
| "The GOP's right wing saw Turner's statement as a ploy to advance stalled aid to Ukraine and to sink a bill that would reauthorize the nation's warrantless surveillance power -- a fear that led one Republican to call for an inquiry into Turner." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "The GOP's right wing saw Turner's statement as a ploy to advance stalled aid to Ukraine and to sink a bill that would reauthorize the nation's warrantless surveillance power -- a fear that led one Republican to call for an inquiry into Turner." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "And Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) also defended Turner's judgment." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "And Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) also defended Turner's judgment." | Negative | -44% Liberal |
| "And he then offered all of us a briefing on highly classified material, calling for it to be declassified so we could all see how horrible the threat is, Issa said." | Negative | -46% Liberal |
| "You had a chairman of the Intelligence Committee who used political agenda, his own political agenda, quite frankly Biden's political agenda, to try to scare Congress into passing a piece of legislation, said Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Te.) after writing a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to review Turner's actions." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "You had a chairman of the Intelligence Committee who used political agenda, his own political agenda, quite frankly Biden's political agenda, to try to scare Congress into passing a piece of legislation, said Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Te.) after writing a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to review Turner's actions." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "You had a chairman of the Intelligence Committee who used political agenda, his own political agenda, quite frankly Biden's political agenda, to try to scare Congress into passing a piece of legislation, said Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Te.) after writing a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to review Turner's actions." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) accused Turner of taking actions to spike a coming vote on the FISA bill by threatening to tank a rule vote on it, which sets parameters for debate on legislation." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
| "Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) accused Turner of taking actions to spike a coming vote on the FISA bill by threatening to tank a rule vote on it, which sets parameters for debate on legislation." | Negative | -66% Liberal |
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69% : "In my heart of hearts, my first gut reaction was: He did it because he thought we should know.*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.