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Trump threatens to force journalists to reveal who leaked report undermining his narrative on Iran bombing
Donald Trump threatened in an interview Sunday to force journalists who published an initial U.S. intelligence assessment of his administration's strikes on Iran to reveal their sources or face prosecution as his effort to plaster a positive narrative over the aftermath continues. The U.S. president spoke on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, and insisted once again that U.S. airstrikes targeting three Iranian facilities last weekend completed the task of disabling the Iranian nuclear weapons development program. The strikes, Trump claimed, obliterated the Iranian government's entire (or a majority) of its supply of enriched uranium — he denied claims from Iranian officials that it was moved out of the area before the Fordow site was hit. And the president vowed legal action against Democratic members of Congress and journalists he blamed for publishing parts of a U.S. intelligence assessment of the effects of the three attacks. The administration spent the past week decrying it as one-sided, incomplete, and aimed at producing a narrative critical of the Trump White House. 'You go up and tell the reporter, 'national security, who gave it [to you]?'' Trump told Bartiromo, adding: 'You have to do that. And I suspect we'll be doing things like that.' More to follow...
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30 minutes ago
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Hegseth Makes Bonkers Claim About Iran Strikes Place in History
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has sparked online ridicule after boldly claiming that the U.S. attack against Iran was the most complex and secretive military operation in history. The bizarre comment was made during a press conference in which the former Fox & Friends host lashed out angrily at the media for reporting on a leaked intelligence report suggesting the strikes may not have 'obliterated' Iran's nuclear facilities. Known as Operation Midnight Hammer, the strikes directed by Donald Trump on Saturday were carried out using deception, decoys, and bunker bombs to target Iran's key nuclear facilities. But while the mission was militarily impressive, experts fear that the administration's decision to telegraph possible US involvement for days allowed Iran to stockpile some of its nuclear enrichment material before the attack took place. Despite these concerns, Hegseth doubled down on Trump's claim that Iran's nuclear program had been 'obliterated', telling reporters: 'President Trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history, and it was a resounding success, resulting in a cease fire agreement and the end of the 12 day war.' The comment about the attack's place in history sparked online ridicule from some, while others pointed out that other U.S. operations were arguably more secretive and complex. 'It is difficult to square that against other missions, such as the surprise D-Day landing in France in 1944 which involved hundreds of thousands of soldiers and led to the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, or a more recent example, such as the SEAL Team 6 mission that killed Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan in 2011,' former navy and Iraq veteran John Ismay, a reporter for the New York Times. 'According to Hegseth, Trump dropping bombs from 30,000 feet is somehow more complex than coordinating the largest amphibious invasion in world history,' wrote a social media user on X, in reference to the D-Day operation. 'These people aren't just rewriting history, they're burning the textbooks.' 'Pete needs to back off the kool-aid,' quipped another. Taking out Bid Laden was a highly classified mission involving black ops planning, intelligence tracking, and a daring night-time raid. The D-Day operation was even more elaborate, as it involved multi-level cooperation between U.S, Canadian, British, and French troops as well as more than 150,000 soldiers landing on five beaches, more than 11,000 aircraft, and more than 7000 ships. It also included a top-secret plan to mislead Adolf Hitler about when an invasion would take place. At the press conference on Thursday, Hegseth and General Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave the most detailed briefing yet of the planning and execution of the U.S. airstrikes. They also pushed back on the leaked intelligence report, based on information just a day-and-a-half after the U.S. attack. The early analysis by the Defense Intelligence Agency described the damage as 'limited' and said the strike may have set back the Iranian nuclear program by just a matter of months. Hegseth said the agency itself had noted the assessment was a 'preliminary, low-confidence report that will continue to be refined.' However, he and Caine offered no new assessments of the state of Iran's nuclear program or the full extent of the battle damage to the three targets: Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan. Instead, Hegseth referred to the comments of the nation's spy agencies and others who backed the president's view about the success of the strikes. Among them was a statement from CIA director John Ratcliffe, who wrote: 'CIA can confirm that a body of credible intelligence indicates Iran's Nuclear Program has been severely damaged by the recent, targeted strikes. 'This includes new intelligence from a historically reliable and accurate source/method that several key Iranian nuclear facilities were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course of years. CIA continues to collect additional reliably sourced information to keep appropriate decision-makers and oversight bodies fully informed.'
CNN
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