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“Forget about intelligence” is not a line I ever expected a Secretary of State to proudly say—especially in the context of a decision to bomb another country.

đź§µMy 7 initial reactions to Israel's and U.S. strikes on Iran nuclear and other facilities, based on my experience as a career intel officer, including leading the intel portion of various WMD-degradation planning efforts, and leading and co-leading Iran-related projects for almost 6 years:

Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

đź§µNews networks need to do much better vetting of its "experts" and their specific areas of expertise. A basic understanding of the military is also good. I just watched a "former U.S. deputy commander" (dep commander of what?) on BBC News say that U.S. B-2 bombers might have been assisted by F-117s.

This is an absolute betrayal of promises made by Congress to protect the people who protected American soldiers. A betrayal by people who think American greatness is based on half-assed military parades rather than being a credible ally to those that risked their lives for America.

Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday. This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

So Hegseth lied under oath today. Marine infantry units aren’t trained for this.

In light of Salman Rushdie’s attacker being sentenced to 25 years in prison in May, and the recent revelations about Luigi's assassination planning, here's my newsletter article on Iran's plotting against former Trump officials (e.g., Rob O’Brien, Victoria Coates, Rob Greenway): tinyurl.com/y27ce87r

If the White House is insisting that there was no classified or secret information in the Signal chat, does that mean Jeffrey Goldberg can publish it all?

Over to you @theatlantic.com Offer to publish it since it’s unclassified. See what they say.