The House Homeland Security Committee, chaired by Rep. Andrew Garbarino, was largely disregarded by President Donald Trump’s top officials Thursday during its annual hearing on worldwide threats. The committee, acting on behalf of all Americans, deserves to be fully briefed by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI about what threats Americans face.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem left the hearing early, and FBI Director Kash Patel didn’t attend. This wasn’t a last-minute hearing on an obscure point of policy. Garbarino acknowledged this, saying, “Oversight is not unfair, and asking questions is not unwarranted. We must ensure the people’s representatives are informed.”

What did come out of the hearing were partisan attacks by both parties seemingly designed to generate

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