State Department Relents, Agrees to Show Afghanistan Dissent Cable to Congress.

The State Department has agreed to allow lawmakers to view the "dissent channel cable" warning of a rapid Taliban advance in Afghanistan, just days before the House Foreign Affairs Committee was set to vote on whether to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt for refusing to allow access. The cable, signed by 23 staffers and diplomats, warned of an immediate collapse in Afghanistan, which President Biden and other top officials downplayed at the time. The State Department's offer to allow the top two lawmakers on the committee to read the cable in camera with appropriate personal information redacted was made in the hope of satisfying their request for information.