White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Feb. 4, 2022. President Biden's administration has refused to share evidence for consequential national security claims in recent days, and officials have even accused reporters of siding with foreign propaganda. Administration officials would not reveal how they knew that Russia was plotting a false flag operation as a pretext to invade Ukraine. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)