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Representative Jim Himes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said he was not aware of the attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities in advance and that there is a possibility that these attacks may have simply inspired a "wasp-crazed regime" to race toward a nuclear weapon.
Himes told CNN's Kasie Hunt that he learned about this attack last night on Twitter, which, as you point out, is an uncomfortable thing for the senior member of the Intelligence Committee.
Before the attacks, he had seen no intelligence to suggest there was an imminent risk of Iran building a nuclear weapon.
"As a member of the Gang of Eight, I had not seen any intelligence that suggested that Iran had made the decision to build a weapon, I don't think there is any intelligence that suggests that is true ," Himes said.
While acknowledging that the attacks likely caused damage, the Democratic member of Congress said that any assessment that the attacks were successful in destroying Iran's nuclear program is premature.
“We have no idea whether these attacks were successful. Now, if what you’re looking for is a big boom and a big hole in the ground, I don’t have much doubt that our bunker busters caused a big boom and a very big hole in the ground ,” he said.
Himes added that Iran could have moved any type of uranium and there is a risk of a regime mad after wasps that has decided that the only way to prevent this in the future is to run towards a nuclear weapon.
Himes called the decision to take a "big gamble."
"The president has just taken a very big risk. And if history matters, Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, if history matters, risks in the Middle East very rarely go the way you expect or hope they might go," he said.
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