Former White House National Security official on October 7 attack – kyma.com

Former White House National Security official on October 7 attack  kyma.com

Brett McGurk, a former White House National Security official, spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about his new book about the October 7 attack. WASHINGTON (CBS, KYMA) – Brett McGurk, a former White House National Security official, spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about his new book about the October 7 attack. In his book, "Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages," McGurk wrote that the U.S. "had no clear warnings; nor did the Israelis, from what they told us," but Brennan said McGurk left open the idea that there were missed signals, leading her to ask if it was a total intelligence failure, and McGurk said: "We have really looked, we did not have anything in our system that would have been a warning and indicator…No U.S.

intelligence of a warning or indicator. I can't speak to whether the Israelis still have to this day not had a commission of inquiry. We had a 9/11 commission that I think made a number of reforms that have helped keep our country safe since 9/11. The Israelis still have not done that. I think they have to, they should do that. But from what I, in dealing with all these guys in Israel, security echelon, political echelon, I think they had an