Andy Ogles Wants Mike Turner Investigated For Raising Alarm About Mysterious Threat

WASHINGTON ― Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) wants consequences for his Republican colleague who raised alarms Wednesday about a mysterious national security threat.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, called on President Joe Biden to declassify information about the danger, offering no details and prompting House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to tell reporters there was no need for “public alarm.”

In a letter to Johnson shared Thursday, Ogles asked for an inquiry into the revelation, saying it was done with “reckless disregard” for consequences to geopolitics, markets and “the well-being and psyche of the American people.” Ogles also questioned whether Turner should remain chair of the intelligence committee.

“The Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has extraordinary influence, both nationally and internationally,” Ogles said in an emailed statement to HuffPost. “He must be someone who will rise above personal political agendas, he must be someone the American People can implicitly trust; he must use the processes of the committee in an appropriate manner.”

Later on Thursday, the White House said that Russia had obtained an anti-satellite weapon that was “troubling,” but not yet operational and not capable of causing destruction on Earth.

Ogles, a member of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, said in his letter that Turner only disclosed the existence of the threat in order to boost support for Ukraine funding and a reauthorization of government spy powers.

“In hindsight, it has become clear that the intent was not to ensure the safety of our homeland and the American people, but rather to ensure additional funding for Ukraine and passage of an unreformed