CIA Reveals Intelligence Showing U.S. ‘Destroyed’ Key Iranian Nuclear Facilities | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Mary Margaret Olohan.

    WASHINGTON     Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe clarified Wednesday that the CIA has new intelligence indicating "several key Iranian nuclear facilities were destroyed" by the recent U.S. strikes.

    The CIA published a statement from Ratcliffe late Wednesday afternoon amid legacy media reporting claiming that the United States failed to destroy Iran's nuclear program, as President Donald Trump has said, and only set it back by months. The New York Times specifically argued that the report upended the victory Trump had hoped to celebrate at the NATO summit.

    Trump's team has aggressively pushed back on the stories. The president himself said Iran's nuclear sites were obliterated, Israel has also stated the sites were obliterated, and Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said, "Our nuclear installations have been badly damaged, that's for sure."

    Ratcliffe's statement noted not only that several nuclear facilities were destroyed but also that Iran's Nuclear Program has been "severely damaged."


    "CIA can confirm that a body of credible intelligence indicates Iran's Nuclear Program has been severely damaged by the recent, targeted strikes," Ratcliffe said in a statement. "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," he added. "When possible, we will also provide updates and information to the American public, given the national importance of this matter and in every attempt to provide transparency."

    Earlier on Wednesday, DNI Tulsi Gabbard also put out a statement arguing that "new intelligence" shows that "Iran's nuclear facilities have been destroyed."


    "If the Iranians chose to rebuild, they would have to rebuild all three facilities (Natanz, Fordo, Esfahan) entirely, which would likely take years to do," Gabbard said.

    "The propaganda media has deployed their usual tactic," she added: "selectively release portions of illegally leaked classified intelligence assessments (intentionally leaving out the fact that the assessment was written with 'low confidence') to try to undermine President Trump's decisive leadership and the brave servicemen and women who flawlessly executed a truly historic mission to keep the American people safe and secure."

poll#220

Regarding the recent Israel /Iran Conflict (the "12 Day War"), culminating in the United States Air Force employing seven B2 Bombers to complete a 33 hour flight, dropping 14 fifteen ton bunker busting bombs on three Iranian nuclear facilities buried deep under mountain rock, which destroyed Iran's nuclear ambitions against Israel and the United States: Should President Trump have unilaterally made the decision to make such a bold decision to conduct this operation, without first running this prospective operation before the US Congress for their approval?

  No, The War Powers Act prohibitions, which requires NO presidential military action without congressional approval.

  Yes, the President has Article 2 Constitutional authority to take unilateral military action to protect the American People, providing he does not break congressional codes, which he did not.

  Don't care, never have.

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poll#218

Now that President Trump is picking his cabinet and immediate staff to insulate him from the poor judgement of the Bureaucratic Class, while moving quickly to transition this Constitutional Republic unto a wise and sustainable direction: What is your immediate impression as to how our nation will prosper?

  We are headed toward a Golden Age in America's self-governed society.

  This will all wind up in a clustered mess since Trump is a Fascist, and thought to be the second coming of Adolf Hitler by our best journalists.

  This is a time where critical days lay ahead, where only wise and responsible decisions must be made to sustain US.

  I generally do not pay attention, but expect only the best to occur ... and that is what I always expect.

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