EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Inflated Iran Intel, U.S. Officials Say
On Sunday, the National Security Council announced that the U.S. was sending a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Persian Gulf in response to troubling and escalatory warnings from Iranan eye-popping move that raised fears of a potential military confrontation with Tehran. Justifying the move, anonymous government officials cited intelligence indicating Iran had Gen. Qasem Soleimanithe head of the Quds Force, Irans covert action armhas told proxy forces in Iraq that a conflict with the U.S. will come soon, this source noted. I would characterize the current situation as shaping operations on both sides to tilt the field in preparation for a possible coming conflict, continued the second source, who is also a U.S. government official. …