Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine are having a press conference at the Pentagon. I’ll bring you any news updates here.
General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated that on Monday morning, they received “indications and warnings that Iran intended to attack US bases in the region” and evacuated the majority of their people.
“I want to read some of the assessment and assessments provided. Whether fake news, CNN, MSNBC or New York Times, there has been fawning coverage of preliminary assessment. I have not had a chance to read it, every outlet reported on preliminary assessment from DIA. I’m looking at it right now, preliminary, day and a half after the actual strike, it admits it requires 82s weeks to aaccumulate necessary data, it is preliminary,” Hegseth said.
“It points out it is not coordinated with the intelligence community at all, there is low-confidence in this report, its there are gaps in information and says multiple linchpin assumptions are what this is, that means your entire premise is predicateod a linchpin. If you are wrong, everything else is wrong. This report acknowledges likely severe damage. Leaked because someone had agenda to muddy water and make it look like this historic strike wasn’t successful. Get to the chairman in a moment, he will layout the particulars for you based on his professional military experience,” Hegseth added.
“Here is what other folks are saying. The dias this is preliminary low-confidence report and will continue to be refined as additional intelligence becomes available. How about Israeli atomic energy commission. The devastating U.S. strikes on fordow destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered it inroperable. Have these quotes made it to “New York Post,” MSNBC, CNN? From the United Nations, no friend of the United States or certain Israel often. Here is the head of the UN atomic energy agency this morning. Rafael Rafael Grossi, U.S. strikes caused enormous damage to Iran’s nuclear sites. Don’t take my word? How about IDF chief of staff,” Hegseth continued.
He added, “I can say the assessment we significantly damaged the nuclear program setting it back by years, I repeat by years. Iranian foreign minister, we have been badly damaged for sure, I’m sure that is an understate. John John Ratcliffe, director of the CIA putting out a statement last night, CIA can confirm a body of credible intelligence indicates Iran’s nuclear program has been severely damaged by recent targeted sites, including new intelligence from reliable, different from preliminary assessment with low confuse, accurate source method that several key Iranian facilities were destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course of years.”
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“CIA continues to collect dieshl reliably sourced information to keep appropriate decision-makers fully informed. Dn DNI’s Tulsi Gabbard writes potus state Iran nuclear facilities have been destroyed. Institute for science and international security president David Albright overall Israel and U.S. attacks have destroyed UN centrifuge enrichment program,” Hegseth declared.
“Time and time again, I can go down the list, those that understand, those that see, those that do proper assessment recognize what the United States military did was historic. Before I pass to the chairman, because you and I mean specifically you, the press corp, because you cheer against Trump so hard, like in your DNA and in your blood to cheer against Trump. You want him not to be successful so bad, you have to choose to cheer against the efficacy of the strikes,” he concluded at his high-stakes press conference.