June 27, 2025 • 16 mins
1. CIA and DoD Briefing:
- CIA Director John Radcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth briefed senators on the effectiveness of airstrikes ordered by President Donald Trump.
- Radcliffe compared the Trump administration's swift success with Iran to the prolonged negotiations under President Obama during the JCPOA (Iran nuclear deal).
- He claimed Iran agreed to a ceasefire with Israel within 20 minutes of the strikes, contrasting it with 20 months of negotiations with Obama.
2. Intelligence Claims:
- Radcliffe and others asserted that Iran’s nuclear program was severely damaged, citing new intelligence from historically reliable sources.
- Key Iranian nuclear facilities were reportedly destroyed and would take years to rebuild.
3. Media Criticism:
- The podcast heavily criticizes mainstream media outlets (CNN, MSNBC, NYT) for reporting on a preliminary DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) assessment that suggested only moderate damage.
- Officials argue that this assessment was based on low-confidence intelligence, possibly influenced by Iranian propaganda.
4. Supporting Statements:
- Quotes from various sources (UN Atomic Energy Agency, Israeli officials, former intelligence officers) are used to support the claim that the strikes were highly effective.
- The document accuses the media of spreading misinformation and undermining national security for political reasons.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, come in is the Ben Ferguson Show. It is
nice to have you with us. I was planning on
being on family vacation and just taking some time off
for the next week, but with so many things happening
in the world, we're deciding we're not going to be
doing that. So what we're going to be doing instead
is I'm going to be doing a hybrid with this
show and the forty seven Morning Update. It's that show
(00:22):
that I do every morning that's about ten to twelve
minutes long, three biggest stories of the day coming out
of the White House or that affect the White House.
So for the next few days, that is what you're
going to be hearing here, and I just want to
make sure that you knew that on the front end.
But first I got to ask you a question. Are
you one of those that's just so tired of giving
your money to radical, left woke companies that actually are
(00:44):
fighting against your values every day? Well, there are certain
bills that you pay every month that if you can
go with a conservative company, why not do it? In fact,
why not go with a conservative company actually takes part
of your bill every month that you're going to pay
to some and they give it back to organizations that
support your First and your Second Amendment rights, that support
(01:06):
the rights of unborn children, that stand with our military,
are first responders and so many wounded warriors that need help. Well,
that bill I'm talking about is your cell phone bill.
And I've been telling you for a long time about
Patriot Mobile, but there's no better time to switch than
right now. Not only does Patriot Mobile operate on all
(01:29):
three major networks in this country, yeah, all three. That
means you get the same great coverage you're used to
right now, but you also make a difference with every
call you make and every text you make. And why
would you want to give your money to Big Mobile?
Big Mobile has been giving big donations to democratic causes,
democratic candidates, and radical left organizations. I'm talking about organizations
(01:50):
that actually support abortion. That is why I want you
to switch right now to Patriot Mobile. Go ahead and
make the switch, and it's so easy. All you have
to do is simply call Patriot Mobiles one hundred percent
US based team from the comfort of your home or
your office, and they'll have you activated in minutes. And
(02:12):
if you're still locked in a contract, not a problem.
Patriots Mobile contract buyout program covers up to five hundred
dollars per device. Keep your same number, keep your phone,
or upgrade do a new one. So back to my point,
what are you waiting for? Call Patriot Mobile today and
make a difference every single day with every call you make.
Patriot Mobile dot com slash ferguson. That's Patriot Mobile dot
(02:36):
com slash ferguson or nine seven to two Patriot. And
if you use the promo code ferguson, you're gonna get
a free month of service on top of that. Patriot
Mobile dot com slash ferguson or nine seven two Patriot.
That's Patriot Mobile dot com slash ferguson, ninety seven.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
To two Patriot.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
This is the forty seven Morning Update, the new show.
I do hit subscribe all to download two as well.
And yeah, take a listen to the big stories of
the day.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
We're ruling with common sense. You know, whether you're a
conservative or liberal, or as they like to say, progressive.
They don't like the word liberal anymore. Progressive I think
it's a beautiful word too. That's why I call him liberal.
It's too nice a word. I don't know how you
can be progressive when you're turning the country backwards.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Good Friday morning. So nice to have you with us
on the forty seven Morning Update. And here are the
big stories we're talking about today. First up, classified report
is now out suggesting that Iran's nuclear program still intact,
was likely well all faulty info and where to come from,
directly from the Iranian government. Yet the media went with it. Well,
(03:45):
the DoD chief Pete Headseth, He's coming out and having
a lot to say about the media telling this story
that is Iranian propaganda. Also, a former Biden official has
now come out on TV saying that IRA's nuclear program
was in fact set back significantly, again the complete opposite
(04:05):
of what the media has been trying to sell you on.
We have the receipts and we'll play it for you.
It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Story number one.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
In a scathing report, the CIA director John Radcliffe ripping
Democrats during a closed door briefing of senators on Thursday
by comparing President Donald Trump's successful airstrikes eliminating Rand's nuclear
program to former President Barack Obama's failures with his rand
nuclear deal. A source in the room saying that Radcliffe
(04:38):
and the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the Secretary's
Defense Pete Headseth had all the senators there for a
closed door briefing on Thursday. They said that the Democratic
senators repeatedly pressed them about the effectiveness of the strike,
pushing for more proof than they had been offered on
the matter. In response, Radcliffe told them, per the source
president in the room, the way he knows how effective
(05:02):
they were was how quickly they folded to Trump versus
how long they dragged out negotiations with Obama. You know
how you know the strikes were devastatingly effective, Radcliffe told
the Senate Democrats and the briefing, per one source quote,
Iran has been fighting Israel for decades. They strung along
(05:23):
the Obama administration for twenty months while negotiating the JCPOA,
but Trump made them accept the ceasefire with their mortal
enemy in twenty minutes. Radcliffe wasn't done there. He also
said during the briefing that the contents of a statement
he previously released publicly in which he said the CIA
(05:44):
can confirm that Auran's nuclear program had been severely damaged
by the strikes Trump ordered last weekend, saying, quote, this
includes new intelligence now from an historically reliable and accurate
source and method, that several ki Iranian nuclear facilities were
destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course
of years. Now, Radcliffe was obviously speaking to the centers
(06:08):
in a private room, but that didn't stop the DoD
Secretary Pete Hedseth from telling the world exactly what happened
in these attacks and just how wrong the media actually was.
Take a listen to his statement at the Pentagon, specifically
speaking to the media that's been lawing about the effectiveness
of the attack, some of.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
The assessments that have been provided, because whether it's fake news, CNN,
MSNBC or The New York Times, there's been fawning coverage
of a preliminary assessment.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I've had a chance to read it.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
Every outlet has breathlessly reported on a preliminary assessment from
DA I'm looking at it right now again. It was
preliminary a day and a half after the actual strike.
When it admits itself in writing that it requires weeks
to accumulate the necessary.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Data to make such an assessments preliminary.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
It points out that it's not been coordinated with the
elligence community at all.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
There's low confidence in this particular report, it says in
the report. There are gaps in the information.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
It says in the report, multiple lynchpin assumptions are what
this assessment a lynchpin assumption?
Speaker 2 (07:13):
You know what that is. It means your entire premis
is predicated on a lynch pin. If you're wrong, everything
else is wrong.
Speaker 5 (07:18):
And yet still this report acknowledges it's likely severe damage. Again,
this is preliminary, but leaked because someone had an agenda
to try to muddy the waters and make it look
like this historic strike I wasn't successful. I'm gonna get
to the chairman in a moment, because he's going to
lay out the particulars for you based.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
On his professional military experience. But here's what other folks
are saying.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
The DiiA that put that report out says that this
is a preliminary, low confidence report and will continue to
be refined as additional intelligence becomes available. How about the
Israeli Atomic Energy Commission. The devastating US strikes on Fourdeaux
destroyed the site's critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility
inoperab Have any of these quotes made their way into
(08:01):
The New York Times, with The Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN
any of these quotes?
Speaker 2 (08:06):
How about this one? This is a new one from
the UN, the United Nations. No friend in the United
States or certainly Israel. Often.
Speaker 5 (08:12):
Here's the head of the UN Atomic Energy Agency this morning,
Rafael Grossi, US and Israeli strikes caused enormous damage to
Iran's nuclear sites.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Don't take my word for it. How about the IDF's
chief of staff.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
I can say here that the assessment is that we've
significantly damaged the nuclear program, setting.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
It back by years. I repeat years.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
The Iranian foreign minister, the spokesman, our nuclear instrations have
been badly damaged.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
That's for sure. I'm sure that's an understatement.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
John Radcliffe, the director of the CIA, putting out a
statement just last night, CIA can confirm that a body
of credible intelligence indicates Iran's nuclear program has been severely
damaged by recent targeted strikes.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
This includes new intelligence from.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
A historically reliable very different than preliminary assessment with low confidence.
He's saying historically reliable and accurate source of 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
(09:21):
makers fully informed. How about DNA Telsea Gabbard Yesterday, she writes,
and I quote new intelligence confirms what POTUS has stated
numerous times. Iran's nuclear facilities have been destroyed. Institute for
Science and International Security President David Albright. Overall Israel and
US attacks have effectively destroyed un Iran's centrifuge enrichment program
(09:47):
time and time again. I can go down the list
those that understand, those that see, those that do proper
assessments recognize that what the United States military did was historic.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Isn't it nice to know that President Donald Trump has
put people like Pete Headset in positions of power to
call out the liars and the leakers and the media
when they try to pull these bs shenanigans lying about
what's happening in reality, especially when it comes to foreign
policy and the issue of our national security.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
Now story number two, there is a new.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Classified report that is suggesting that Iran's nuclear program still intact,
likely relied on faulty info Iranian propaganda from Iranian sources.
This is when the media decided to run with the story,
knowing that their propaganda was literally coming from Iran. The
(10:42):
top secret Defense intelligence agency known as the DIA assessment
that claimed Iran's nuclear site suffered only moderate damage likely
relied on faulty information from deceitful Iranian sources that according
to several former US intelligence officers, one of whom described
the documents as so unreliable you can wipe your aas
(11:05):
with it. The classified DIA report ignite a media firestorm
in the days after President Donald Trump authorized those precision
strikes on Iran's top three nuclear sites. The findings, of course,
werein the league to CNN and The New York Times,
which you heard about a moment ago. Then they presented
them as facts, as bombshell evidence that the US bombing
(11:26):
run only set back Tehran's nuclear ambitions by you know,
a couple of months. The US intelligence community deemed that
initial assessment with quote low confidence, a fact CNN purposely
admitted from its original story and based it solely on
satellite imagery and intercepted communications known as signal intelligence from
(11:50):
Iranian officials. Again, think about this. You have the Iranian
government putting out propaganda and media companies in this country
putting it out there as fact. Shortly after the assessment leaked,
Axios reported that communications intercepted by Israel suggested that Iran's
(12:11):
military officials have been giving false situation reports to the
country's political leadership, downplaying the extent of the damage. Such
communications likely made their way into the da report. According
to three former US intelligence operatives, including a current US
official and other veteran national security insiders, who spoke to
(12:33):
The Washington Free Beacon both on and off the record,
some of them referred to the DIA as the discount
intelligence agency. It's basically messaging by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard,
messaging by Tehran. That is what a former intelligence officer
with the US Central Command who operated in the Middle
(12:53):
East for nearly thirty years said. In fact, CNN actually
had to report on this, and here's what it sounded
like when a former Biden official had this to say
about Iran's nuclear program.
Speaker 6 (13:06):
Usteine, a longtime diplomat who served as President Biden's senior
advisor for Energy and Investment. And I think one question
that regular people will have, you know, listening to what
came out of that briefing today on Capitol Hill from
Republicans from Democrats, is what should they take away when
there is such a divide between the politicians over what
is the fate of Iran's nuclear capacity and where that
(13:27):
stands tonight? What do you think?
Speaker 7 (13:29):
Well, first, Caitlin, it's good to be with you. Look,
I think the most important thing is to separate out
what's politics and what is happening on the ground over
the last year a year and a quarter. Last April,
Iran launched a missile attack against Israel, which was one
hundred ballistic missiles company by two hundred or so UAVs.
The United States military coordinated a response and defeated that attack.
(13:53):
But that was really the first time that Iran and
used its own territory to attack Israel. They did it
again in October and again in the United States supported
Israel and with regional partners as well as European countries
to defeat it. And now since then, Iran has lost
most of its deterrence power. They had three things going
(14:13):
for them. They had proxies, meaning terrorist organizations in Lebanon,
in Syria and Iraq and Yemen that supported them. The
second was the missiles, and the third was the thread
of a nuclear weaponization. Of their nuclear capabilities, most of
their proxies are either weakened to the point they can't
respond or are choosing now to distance themselves from Iran.
(14:34):
Their missile capability has been proven to be less effective
because of the United States ability to defend the region,
and now their nuclear capability is likely at least set back.
Now the whole idea of obliterated or destroyed. These are
political terms that are not really relevant, and I would
(14:54):
urge Americans not to really pay attention to those words.
What we do know, we know that as a result
of the both the Israeli the American strikes, the nuclear
program was set back significantly. How much we don't really know.
Most Israeli military analysts and generals that I've spoken to
over the last twenty four to forty eight hours, I
think this has gone from a six months breakout to
(15:16):
timeframe to two years, so an eighteen month or two
year delay in their program. But here's the thing. They
have also lost other capabilities they've lost their command of control,
they've lost military leaders, they've lost scientists, and they lost
their conversion so they're clearly weakened. And lastly, Israel has
proven that they have an intelligence givability inside Iran that
(15:37):
if they tried to reconstitute will we the United States, Israel,
other European allies will know about it.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Yet again, more proof of the propaganda coming from the
media trying to convince you that somehow one of the
most successful missions in modern military history was a failure,
all because Donald Trump is the one that's said to
do it.
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Well, come in is the Ben Ferguson Show. It is
nice to have you with us. I was planning on
being on family vacation and just taking some time off
for the next week, but with so many things happening
in the world, we're deciding we're not going to be
doing that. So what we're going to be doing instead
is I'm going to be doing a hybrid with this
show and the forty seven Morning Update. It's that show
(00:22):
that I do every morning that's about ten to twelve
minutes long, three biggest stories of the day coming out
of the White House or that affect the White House.
So for the next few days, that is what you're
going to be hearing here, and I just want to
make sure that you knew that on the front end.
But first I got to ask you a question. Are
you one of those that's just so tired of giving
your money to radical, left woke companies that actually are
(00:44):
fighting against your values every day? Well, there are certain
bills that you pay every month that if you can
go with a conservative company, why not do it? In fact,
why not go with a conservative company actually takes part
of your bill every month that you're going to pay
to some and they give it back to organizations that
support your First and your Second Amendment rights, that support
(01:06):
the rights of unborn children, that stand with our military,
are first responders and so many wounded warriors that need help. Well,
that bill I'm talking about is your cell phone bill.
And I've been telling you for a long time about
Patriot Mobile, but there's no better time to switch than
right now. Not only does Patriot Mobile operate on all
(01:29):
three major networks in this country, yeah, all three. That
means you get the same great coverage you're used to
right now, but you also make a difference with every
call you make and every text you make. And why
would you want to give your money to Big Mobile?
Big Mobile has been giving big donations to democratic causes,
democratic candidates, and radical left organizations. I'm talking about organizations
(01:50):
that actually support abortion. That is why I want you
to switch right now to Patriot Mobile. Go ahead and
make the switch, and it's so easy. All you have
to do is simply call Patriot Mobiles one hundred percent
US based team from the comfort of your home or
your office, and they'll have you activated in minutes. And
(02:12):
if you're still locked in a contract, not a problem.
Patriots Mobile contract buyout program covers up to five hundred
dollars per device. Keep your same number, keep your phone,
or upgrade do a new one. So back to my point,
what are you waiting for? Call Patriot Mobile today and
make a difference every single day with every call you make.
Patriot Mobile dot com slash ferguson. That's Patriot Mobile dot
(02:36):
com slash ferguson or nine seven to two Patriot. And
if you use the promo code ferguson, you're gonna get
a free month of service on top of that. Patriot
Mobile dot com slash ferguson or nine seven two Patriot.
That's Patriot Mobile dot com slash ferguson, ninety seven.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
To two Patriot.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
This is the forty seven Morning Update, the new show.
I do hit subscribe all to download two as well.
And yeah, take a listen to the big stories of
the day.
Speaker 3 (03:03):
We're ruling with common sense. You know, whether you're a
conservative or liberal, or as they like to say, progressive.
They don't like the word liberal anymore. Progressive I think
it's a beautiful word too. That's why I call him liberal.
It's too nice a word. I don't know how you
can be progressive when you're turning the country backwards.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Good Friday morning. So nice to have you with us
on the forty seven Morning Update. And here are the
big stories we're talking about today. First up, classified report
is now out suggesting that Iran's nuclear program still intact,
was likely well all faulty info and where to come from,
directly from the Iranian government. Yet the media went with it. Well,
(03:45):
the DoD chief Pete Headseth, He's coming out and having
a lot to say about the media telling this story
that is Iranian propaganda. Also, a former Biden official has
now come out on TV saying that IRA's nuclear program
was in fact set back significantly, again the complete opposite
(04:05):
of what the media has been trying to sell you on.
We have the receipts and we'll play it for you.
It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Story number one.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
In a scathing report, the CIA director John Radcliffe ripping
Democrats during a closed door briefing of senators on Thursday
by comparing President Donald Trump's successful airstrikes eliminating Rand's nuclear
program to former President Barack Obama's failures with his rand
nuclear deal. A source in the room saying that Radcliffe
(04:38):
and the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the Secretary's
Defense Pete Headseth had all the senators there for a
closed door briefing on Thursday. They said that the Democratic
senators repeatedly pressed them about the effectiveness of the strike,
pushing for more proof than they had been offered on
the matter. In response, Radcliffe told them, per the source
president in the room, the way he knows how effective
(05:02):
they were was how quickly they folded to Trump versus
how long they dragged out negotiations with Obama. You know
how you know the strikes were devastatingly effective, Radcliffe told
the Senate Democrats and the briefing, per one source quote,
Iran has been fighting Israel for decades. They strung along
(05:23):
the Obama administration for twenty months while negotiating the JCPOA,
but Trump made them accept the ceasefire with their mortal
enemy in twenty minutes. Radcliffe wasn't done there. He also
said during the briefing that the contents of a statement
he previously released publicly in which he said the CIA
(05:44):
can confirm that Auran's nuclear program had been severely damaged
by the strikes Trump ordered last weekend, saying, quote, this
includes new intelligence now from an historically reliable and accurate
source and method, that several ki Iranian nuclear facilities were
destroyed and would have to be rebuilt over the course
of years. Now, Radcliffe was obviously speaking to the centers
(06:08):
in a private room, but that didn't stop the DoD
Secretary Pete Hedseth from telling the world exactly what happened
in these attacks and just how wrong the media actually was.
Take a listen to his statement at the Pentagon, specifically
speaking to the media that's been lawing about the effectiveness
of the attack, some of.
Speaker 5 (06:28):
The assessments that have been provided, because whether it's fake news, CNN,
MSNBC or The New York Times, there's been fawning coverage
of a preliminary assessment.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I've had a chance to read it.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
Every outlet has breathlessly reported on a preliminary assessment from
DA I'm looking at it right now again. It was
preliminary a day and a half after the actual strike.
When it admits itself in writing that it requires weeks
to accumulate the necessary.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Data to make such an assessments preliminary.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
It points out that it's not been coordinated with the
elligence community at all.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
There's low confidence in this particular report, it says in
the report. There are gaps in the information.
Speaker 5 (07:07):
It says in the report, multiple lynchpin assumptions are what
this assessment a lynchpin assumption?
Speaker 2 (07:13):
You know what that is. It means your entire premis
is predicated on a lynch pin. If you're wrong, everything
else is wrong.
Speaker 5 (07:18):
And yet still this report acknowledges it's likely severe damage. Again,
this is preliminary, but leaked because someone had an agenda
to try to muddy the waters and make it look
like this historic strike I wasn't successful. I'm gonna get
to the chairman in a moment, because he's going to
lay out the particulars for you based.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
On his professional military experience. But here's what other folks
are saying.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
The DiiA that put that report out says that this
is a preliminary, low confidence report and will continue to
be refined as additional intelligence becomes available. How about the
Israeli Atomic Energy Commission. The devastating US strikes on Fourdeaux
destroyed the site's critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility
inoperab Have any of these quotes made their way into
(08:01):
The New York Times, with The Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN
any of these quotes?
Speaker 2 (08:06):
How about this one? This is a new one from
the UN, the United Nations. No friend in the United
States or certainly Israel. Often.
Speaker 5 (08:12):
Here's the head of the UN Atomic Energy Agency this morning,
Rafael Grossi, US and Israeli strikes caused enormous damage to
Iran's nuclear sites.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Don't take my word for it. How about the IDF's
chief of staff.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
I can say here that the assessment is that we've
significantly damaged the nuclear program, setting.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
It back by years. I repeat years.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
The Iranian foreign minister, the spokesman, our nuclear instrations have
been badly damaged.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
That's for sure. I'm sure that's an understatement.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
John Radcliffe, the director of the CIA, putting out a
statement just last night, CIA can confirm that a body
of credible intelligence indicates Iran's nuclear program has been severely
damaged by recent targeted strikes.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
This includes new intelligence from.
Speaker 5 (08:57):
A historically reliable very different than preliminary assessment with low confidence.
He's saying historically reliable and accurate source of 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
(09:21):
makers fully informed. How about DNA Telsea Gabbard Yesterday, she writes,
and I quote new intelligence confirms what POTUS has stated
numerous times. Iran's nuclear facilities have been destroyed. Institute for
Science and International Security President David Albright. Overall Israel and
US attacks have effectively destroyed un Iran's centrifuge enrichment program
(09:47):
time and time again. I can go down the list
those that understand, those that see, those that do proper
assessments recognize that what the United States military did was historic.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Isn't it nice to know that President Donald Trump has
put people like Pete Headset in positions of power to
call out the liars and the leakers and the media
when they try to pull these bs shenanigans lying about
what's happening in reality, especially when it comes to foreign
policy and the issue of our national security.
Speaker 4 (10:19):
Now story number two, there is a new.
Speaker 1 (10:22):
Classified report that is suggesting that Iran's nuclear program still intact,
likely relied on faulty info Iranian propaganda from Iranian sources.
This is when the media decided to run with the story,
knowing that their propaganda was literally coming from Iran. The
(10:42):
top secret Defense intelligence agency known as the DIA assessment
that claimed Iran's nuclear site suffered only moderate damage likely
relied on faulty information from deceitful Iranian sources that according
to several former US intelligence officers, one of whom described
the documents as so unreliable you can wipe your aas
(11:05):
with it. The classified DIA report ignite a media firestorm
in the days after President Donald Trump authorized those precision
strikes on Iran's top three nuclear sites. The findings, of course,
werein the league to CNN and The New York Times,
which you heard about a moment ago. Then they presented
them as facts, as bombshell evidence that the US bombing
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run only set back Tehran's nuclear ambitions by you know,
a couple of months. The US intelligence community deemed that
initial assessment with quote low confidence, a fact CNN purposely
admitted from its original story and based it solely on
satellite imagery and intercepted communications known as signal intelligence from
(11:50):
Iranian officials. Again, think about this. You have the Iranian
government putting out propaganda and media companies in this country
putting it out there as fact. Shortly after the assessment leaked,
Axios reported that communications intercepted by Israel suggested that Iran's
(12:11):
military officials have been giving false situation reports to the
country's political leadership, downplaying the extent of the damage. Such
communications likely made their way into the da report. According
to three former US intelligence operatives, including a current US
official and other veteran national security insiders, who spoke to
(12:33):
The Washington Free Beacon both on and off the record,
some of them referred to the DIA as the discount
intelligence agency. It's basically messaging by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard,
messaging by Tehran. That is what a former intelligence officer
with the US Central Command who operated in the Middle
(12:53):
East for nearly thirty years said. In fact, CNN actually
had to report on this, and here's what it sounded
like when a former Biden official had this to say
about Iran's nuclear program.
Speaker 6 (13:06):
Usteine, a longtime diplomat who served as President Biden's senior
advisor for Energy and Investment. And I think one question
that regular people will have, you know, listening to what
came out of that briefing today on Capitol Hill from
Republicans from Democrats, is what should they take away when
there is such a divide between the politicians over what
is the fate of Iran's nuclear capacity and where that
(13:27):
stands tonight? What do you think?
Speaker 7 (13:29):
Well, first, Caitlin, it's good to be with you. Look,
I think the most important thing is to separate out
what's politics and what is happening on the ground over
the last year a year and a quarter. Last April,
Iran launched a missile attack against Israel, which was one
hundred ballistic missiles company by two hundred or so UAVs.
The United States military coordinated a response and defeated that attack.
(13:53):
But that was really the first time that Iran and
used its own territory to attack Israel. They did it
again in October and again in the United States supported
Israel and with regional partners as well as European countries
to defeat it. And now since then, Iran has lost
most of its deterrence power. They had three things going
(14:13):
for them. They had proxies, meaning terrorist organizations in Lebanon,
in Syria and Iraq and Yemen that supported them. The
second was the missiles, and the third was the thread
of a nuclear weaponization. Of their nuclear capabilities, most of
their proxies are either weakened to the point they can't
respond or are choosing now to distance themselves from Iran.
(14:34):
Their missile capability has been proven to be less effective
because of the United States ability to defend the region,
and now their nuclear capability is likely at least set back.
Now the whole idea of obliterated or destroyed. These are
political terms that are not really relevant, and I would
(14:54):
urge Americans not to really pay attention to those words.
What we do know, we know that as a result
of the both the Israeli the American strikes, the nuclear
program was set back significantly. How much we don't really know.
Most Israeli military analysts and generals that I've spoken to
over the last twenty four to forty eight hours, I
think this has gone from a six months breakout to
(15:16):
timeframe to two years, so an eighteen month or two
year delay in their program. But here's the thing. They
have also lost other capabilities they've lost their command of control,
they've lost military leaders, they've lost scientists, and they lost
their conversion so they're clearly weakened. And lastly, Israel has
proven that they have an intelligence givability inside Iran that
(15:37):
if they tried to reconstitute will we the United States, Israel,
other European allies will know about it.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Yet again, more proof of the propaganda coming from the
media trying to convince you that somehow one of the
most successful missions in modern military history was a failure,
all because Donald Trump is the one that's said to
do it.
Speaker 4 (15:59):
Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update
with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever
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