1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: Guys like Schumer, our great Palestinian senator. This guy, no, 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: he's changed. He used to like Jewish people. Now he's 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: totally against Jewish people. It's the most incredible transformation I 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: think I've ever seen. 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben Ferguson. 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 3: Good Saturday morning to you. Ben Ferguson with you, and 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 3: these are some of the stories that you may have 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 3: missed that we talked about this week on the forty 9 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 3: seven Morning Update. First up, in shocking testimony before Congress 10 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 3: that the media is not reporting on a former Biden 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 3: ade says quote she does not know who ordered President 12 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 3: Biden's auto pen signatures. Will give you the details on 13 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 3: what all she said to Congress and why this story 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 3: is being hidden from you. And also another major story, 15 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 3: at least five more Iranian nationals who were in the 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 3: country illegally with additional criminal backgrounds have been arrested by 17 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 3: Ice in recent days. The number now to almost twenty 18 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 3: individuals who have been arrested, some of them would direct 19 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 3: ties to terrorism and Iran. And finally, a former Biden 20 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 3: official has now come out on TV saying that Iran's 21 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 3: nuclear program was in fact set back significantly again, the 22 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 3: complete opposite of what the media has been trying to 23 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 3: sell you on. We have the receipts and we'll play 24 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 3: it for you. It's the forty seven Morning Update and 25 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:27,199 Speaker 3: it starts right now. 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 2: Story number one. 27 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 3: There is a very important story that is getting virtually 28 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 3: no coverage right now. So I hope all of you 29 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 3: will share this information wherever you can. And that is 30 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 3: the shocking a mission by a former Biden aide announcing 31 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 3: that she does not know who ordered President Biden's auto 32 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 3: pen signatures. Nira Tendon, a former Top eight president Joe Biden, 33 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 3: told Congress under oath that she had authorization to direct 34 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 3: autopenna for the president, but does not know who gave 35 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 3: the final order. Tendon served as the director of Biden's 36 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 3: domestic policy counsel, and she told Congress during testimony that 37 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 3: the president used an automatic signature tool allowing for aids 38 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 3: to sign pardons, sign memos, and other official documents in 39 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 3: the White House. Tannam said she did not know who 40 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 3: authorized any of those signatures. During her interview before Congress, 41 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 3: which lasted more than five hours, she told lawmakers that 42 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 3: in her role as staff secretary and senior advisor to 43 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 3: the former president between twenty twenty one and twenty twenty three, 44 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 3: that she was authorized to direct auto pen signatures on 45 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 3: behalf of Biden. An Oversight Committee official has confirmed this 46 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 3: now to Fox News. Tennen, who reportedly said during her 47 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 3: testimony that she had quote limited interactions with Biden in 48 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 3: her role even though she was a senior adviser that, 49 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 3: according to sources familiar with her tis testimony, described an 50 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 3: approval process that left her at least partly in the 51 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 3: dark about who specifically was giving final approval on the 52 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 3: decisions to use the automatic signature tool, even though she'd 53 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 3: simultaneously insisted quote Biden was in charge. Tendon reportedly testified 54 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 3: that it get approval for the use of autopen signatures, 55 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 3: she would send decision memos to members of Biden's inner circle. 56 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 3: Now remember these are people elected by no one. She 57 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 3: added that she was not aware of what actions or 58 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 3: what approvals took place between the times she sent the 59 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: decision memo and the time she received it back with 60 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 3: the necessary approval. According to sources familiar with what happened 61 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 3: in this testimony, a minority member of the Oversight Committee 62 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 3: called Tandem's characterization quote a lie with a statement from 63 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 3: a former White House staffer saying that they received quote 64 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 3: a written sign off from Biden on every executive action 65 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 3: she presented with him. The only problem is she's under 66 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 3: oath and saying that's not how it went down at all. 67 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 3: Any other characterization is a distortion of the testimony the Biden. 68 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 3: Former Biden officials stated, quote to inciniate that Nira Tanem 69 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 3: said President Biden did not approve every single presidential decision 70 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,600 Speaker 3: and sign off on every executive action coming out of 71 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 3: the White House is a lie. Well, she's saying that 72 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 3: it's the truth. Tenem's attorney agreed with the staffer, adding 73 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 3: that the autopens were used after Biden approved the decisions, 74 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: saying this in a clean up statement, the auto pen 75 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 3: was used only after President Biden personally approved the decision. 76 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,480 Speaker 3: Aids at no time signed these documents on President Biden's behalf. Again, 77 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 3: that's not what her testimony was under oath. So just 78 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,359 Speaker 3: know this is the big story that we should be 79 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,359 Speaker 3: talking about, and also know that the media will not 80 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 3: touch the fact that a former Biden aid does not 81 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 3: know ooh, this is her testimony. Who ordered the present 82 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 3: auto pen signatures. 83 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 2: Next story number two. 84 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 3: At least five more Iranian nationals who are in this 85 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 3: country illegally now off the streets as real threats to 86 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 3: our national security. This coming after eleven we're arrested over 87 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 3: the weekend, and this is a real problem now as 88 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 3: we're talking about Iranian sleeper cells being a threat to 89 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 3: this country. More Iranians with major criminal histories being arrested 90 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 3: and targeted by ICE, and what the White House is 91 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 3: referring to is a major security sweep, saying these are 92 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 3: the worst of the worst among US. Now, officials are 93 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:45,479 Speaker 3: touting this as a full throttle go after anyone they 94 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 3: can who is in this country that may be a 95 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 3: known or suspected terrorists and have direct connections to Iran. 96 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 3: That is what they're trying to do. I want you 97 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 3: to hear more about what's happening in a report from Fox. 98 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 4: Concern about our say to hear at home. In the 99 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,559 Speaker 4: wake of the strikes on Iran's nuclear sites. Breaking news today, 100 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 4: Immigration and Customs agents announced they have arrested fifteen illegal 101 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 4: Iranian immigrants since Sunday. One of them admitted to ties 102 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 4: to Hesbelah in Lebanon, a law enforcement source told Fox 103 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 4: News the FBI is closely watching for any Iranian back 104 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 4: sleeper agents in the wake of Operation Midnight Hammer. During 105 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 4: the Biden administration, border agents arrested more than one thousand, 106 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 4: five hundred Iranians who entered illegally at our southern border. 107 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 4: They let nearly half of them go. President Trump on 108 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 4: that this morning. 109 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 5: Biden led a lot of supercells, that Biden was an 110 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 5: ad competent. President had no idea what he was doing. 111 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 5: He let a lot of supercells in, many from Iran. 112 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 5: But hopefully we'll take care of them. What Biden did 113 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 5: to this country should never be forgotten. 114 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 4: Justice correspondent David Spunt is in Washington. 115 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 6: David well Harris, the news about the fifteen Iranian nationals 116 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 6: coming illegally into the US is no surprise to the 117 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 6: people at the Justice Department, the FBI, and of course, 118 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 6: the Department of Homeland Security. According to authorities, one of 119 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 6: them has ties to HESBLA, another is an alleged former 120 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 6: sniper for the Iranian Army. At a budget hearing yesterday, 121 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 6: Attorney General Pam Bondi said the number of Iranians illegally 122 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 6: in the United States continues to grow. 123 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 4: It's well over one thousand have entered our country, and 124 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 4: I can tell you we are on high alert and 125 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 4: everyone is looking at that very closely now. 126 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 6: She says budget cuts won't affect the overall mission. DOJ 127 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 6: and the FBI continue to focus on threats toward President 128 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 6: Trump himself as a result of his ordering of the 129 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 6: killing of this man, General Kasim Solomani in January twenty twenty, 130 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 6: assassination plots originating in Iran not only toward President Trump, 131 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 6: but to US residents who once lived in Iran. DHS 132 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 6: Secretary of Christy Nome, seen there yesterday, was asked about 133 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 6: sleeper cells in the United States. Those are groups of 134 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 6: people who live among us in the US quietly until 135 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 6: order to act. 136 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,679 Speaker 4: We've seen some from overseas and some that have been here, 137 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 4: maybe gone overseas for short to time, become radicalized and 138 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 4: come back, or individuals that are right. 139 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 3: Here in the United States. 140 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 6: NLM held a conference call with some of the nation's 141 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 6: governors over the weekend of pledge federal resources to help 142 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 6: on the state level to combat any threats, whether federal 143 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 6: or local. Attorney General Bondi back in front of lawmakers 144 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 6: tomorrow to talk about the DOJ budget, but you could 145 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 6: expect some of these topics also will likely come up. 146 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 3: If you go back to the list of the individuals 147 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 3: that have been arrested and what they've been arrested for. 148 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 3: One of the ones I mentioned earlier was out of Atlanta, 149 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 3: an individual that was arrested in Alabama. And this was 150 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 3: a guy that served as an Iranian Army sniper. Now 151 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 3: he didn't serve as an Iranian Army sniper like twenty 152 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 3: years ago. The individual served as an Iranian Army sniper 153 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 3: from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty one, and at the 154 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 3: time of his arrests in America, he was in possession. 155 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 3: He had an Islamic Republic Army identification card on his person. Right, 156 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 3: if you don't want to be involved in that, why 157 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 3: would you have it on your person. You go to 158 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 3: another example ice in Houston. They arrested another Iranian there. 159 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 3: When they arrested him, he was carrying a loaded nine 160 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 3: millimeter pistol. They arrested him, by the way, in seventeen 161 00:09:14,440 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 3: in Harris County, that is Houston, Texas. The police arrest 162 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 3: him for assaulting a family member and impeding breathing, meaning 163 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 3: you're strangling someone. You also go to another person in Houston, 164 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,959 Speaker 3: another Iranian national. An immigration judge had ordered him removed 165 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,839 Speaker 3: nearly twenty years ago on August fourth of two thousand 166 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 3: and five. He's been twice convicted of drug crimes and 167 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 3: one's convicted driving on a suspended license. He's still in America. 168 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 3: There's problems here. There's another example of this. A man 169 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 3: in Arizona arrested again another Iranian. He had a final 170 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 3: order of removal. He was convicted of threatening a law 171 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 3: enforcement officer and being an alien in possession of a firearm. 172 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 3: So these are as the President would describe it bat 173 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 3: ownbrace right. You have officials that arrested another man that 174 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 3: was in the country illegally from Iran. The man threatened 175 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 3: to open fire on ice officials if they entered her home, 176 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 3: and then she would go outside and shoot ice officers 177 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 3: in the head quote unquote. So it's not just men, 178 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 3: it's also women. You had another twenty two year old 179 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 3: in Mississippi, an Iranian national and former lawful permanent resident. Well, 180 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 3: guess what he lied on his original visa application and 181 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,959 Speaker 3: committed potential marriage fraud as well. This is a guy 182 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 3: who quote is listed as a known or suspected terrorists. 183 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 3: He's now an ice custody pitning removal. You have another 184 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 3: man in Colorado, an individual after a judge had already 185 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 3: ordered him to be removed. His criminal history include state 186 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 3: and federal convictions for drug crimes and arrests for assault 187 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 3: and child abuse. No big deal, right, totally fine. You 188 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 3: got a man in Saint Paul a man that was 189 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 3: fifty six year old Iranian national. He's been victed of 190 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 3: being a felon in possession of a firearm in Minneapolis. 191 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 3: He was sentenced to fifteen months in prison. He's also 192 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 3: a former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard with admitted 193 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 3: connections directly to Hezballah. You got another guy in San Francisco, 194 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 3: sixty two year old Iranian national with a criminal history 195 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 3: that includes a conviction for petty theft and a conviction 196 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 3: of possession of a controlled substance for sale. He was 197 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 3: sent to ten years in state prison for drug conviction 198 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 3: and now he's in ice custody. Or go to Buffalo. 199 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 3: You've got another Iranian national there, a man convicted of 200 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 3: grand larceny, schemes to defraud, criminal impersonation, and practicing as 201 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 3: an attorney, another example of the people that they're taking 202 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 3: off the streets. So when you look at what we 203 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 3: are now witnessing, it is very clear that there are 204 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 3: real people in this country that are trying to do 205 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 3: harm to this country that were let in under the 206 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 3: last administration. That is, the last administration knew that these 207 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:07,439 Speaker 3: people were coming into this country, and they just didn't care. 208 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 3: They wanted to flood the country with as many illegal 209 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 3: immigrants as they possibly could, and they just didn't care 210 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 3: who was coming in, how they were getting in this country. 211 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 3: It didn't matter. And that's incredibly sad. Let me also 212 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 3: say one other final thing here. I expect this to 213 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:29,319 Speaker 3: get worse before it gets better, with a number of 214 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 3: illegal immigrants that we're going to find that are a 215 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 3: real threat to our national security, and we should do 216 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 3: everything we can to support and advocate for Ice and 217 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 3: this administration to find them wherever they have to in 218 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 3: the country. 219 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 2: And here is story number three. 220 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 7: There is a new classified report that is suggesting that 221 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 7: Iran's nuclear program, still intact, likely relied on faulty info 222 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 7: Iranian propaganda from Iranian sources. This is when the media 223 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 7: decided to run with the story, knowing that their propaganda 224 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 7: was literally coming from Iran. The top secret Defense intelligence 225 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 7: agency known as the DIA assessment that claimed a RAN's 226 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 7: nuclear sites suffered only moderate damage likely relied on faulty 227 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 7: information from deceitful Iranian sources that according to several former 228 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 7: US intelligence officers, one of whom described the documents as 229 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 7: so unreliable you can wipe your aass with it. The 230 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 7: classified DIA report ignited a media firestorm in the days 231 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 7: after President Donald Trump authorized those precision strikes on Iran's 232 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 7: top three nuclear sites. The findings, of course, werein the 233 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:44,839 Speaker 7: league to CNN and The New York Times, which you 234 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 7: heard about a moment ago. Then they presented them as facts, 235 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 7: as bombshell evidence that the US bombing run only set 236 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,199 Speaker 7: back Tehran's nuclear ambitions by you know, a couple of months. 237 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 7: The US intelligence community deemed that an initial assessment with 238 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 7: quote low confidence, a fact CNN purposely admitted from its 239 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:11,079 Speaker 7: original story and based it solely on satellite imagery and 240 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 7: intercepted communications known as signal intelligence from Iranian officials. Again, 241 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 7: think about this. You have the Iranian government putting out 242 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 7: propaganda and media companies in this country, putting it out 243 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 7: there as fact. Shortly after the assessment leaked, Axios reported 244 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 7: that communications intercepted by Israel suggested that Iran's military officials 245 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 7: have been giving false situation reports to the country's political leadership, 246 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 7: downplaying the extent of the damage. Such communications likely made 247 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 7: their way into the da report. According to three former 248 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 7: US intelligence operatives, including a current US official and other 249 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 7: veteran national security insiders, who spoke to The Washington Free 250 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 7: Beacon both on and off the record, some of them 251 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 7: referred to the DIA as the discount intelligence agency. It's 252 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 7: basically messaging by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, messaging by Tehran. 253 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 7: That is what a former intelligence officer with the US 254 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 7: Central Command who operated in the Middle East for nearly 255 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 7: thirty years set. In fact, CNN actually had to report 256 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 7: on this, and here's what it sounded like when a 257 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 7: former Biden official had this to say about Iran's nuclear program. 258 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 8: Oustein, a longtime diplomat who served as President Biden's senior 259 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 8: advisor for Energy and Investment. And I think one question 260 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 8: that regular people will have, you know, listening to what 261 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 8: came out of that briefing today on Capitol Hill from 262 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 8: Republicans from Democrats, is what should they take away when 263 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 8: there is such a divide between the politicians over what 264 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 8: is the fate of Iran's nuclear capacity and where that 265 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 8: stands tonight? 266 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:54,160 Speaker 6: What do you think? 267 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 9: Well, first, Kaitlin, it's good to be with you. Look, 268 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 9: I think the most important thing is to separate out 269 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 9: what's politics and what is happening on the ground over 270 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 9: the last year year and a quarter. Last April, Iran 271 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 9: launched a missile attack against Israel, which was one hundred 272 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 9: ballistic missiles a company by two hundred or so UAVs. 273 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 9: The United States military coordinated a response and defeated that attack. 274 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 9: But that was really the first time that Iran and 275 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 9: used its own territory to attack Israel. They did it 276 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 9: again in October, and again the United States supported Israel 277 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 9: and with regional partners as well as European countries to 278 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 9: defeat it. And now since then, Iran has lost most 279 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 9: of its deterrence power. They had three things going for them. 280 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 9: They had proxies, meaning terrorist organizations in Lebanon, in Syria 281 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 9: and Iraq and Yemen that supported them. The second was 282 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 9: the missiles, and the third was the thread of a 283 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 9: nuclear weaponization of their nuclear capabilities, most of their proxies 284 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 9: are either weakened to the point they can't respond or 285 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 9: are choosing now to distance themselves from Iran. Their missile 286 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 9: capability has been proven to be less effective because of 287 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 9: the United States ability to defend the region, and now 288 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 9: their nuclear capability is likely at least set back. Now 289 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 9: the whole idea of obliterated or destroyed. These are political 290 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 9: terms that are not really relevant, and I would urge 291 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 9: Americans not to really pay attention to those words. What 292 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 9: we do know, we know that as a result of 293 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 9: the both the Israeli the American strikes, the nuclear program 294 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 9: was set back significantly. How much we don't really know. 295 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 9: Most Israeli military analysts and generals that I've spoken to 296 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 9: over the last twenty four to forty eight hours, I 297 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 9: think this has gone from a six month's breakout to 298 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 9: timeframe to two years, so an eighteen month or two 299 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 9: year delay in their program. But here's the thing. They 300 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 9: have also lost other capabilities. They've lost their command and control, 301 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 9: they've lost military leaders, they've lost scientists, and they lost 302 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,719 Speaker 9: their conversion so they're clearly weakened. And lastly, Israel has 303 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 9: proven that they have an intelligens capability inside Iran that 304 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,199 Speaker 9: if they try to reconstitute we'll we the United States, Israel, 305 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,160 Speaker 9: other European allies will know about it. 306 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 7: Yet again, more proof of the propaganda coming from the 307 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 7: media trying to convince you that somehow one of the 308 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 7: most successful missions in modern military history was a failure, 309 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 7: all because Donald Trump is the one that's said to 310 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 7: do it. 311 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 312 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,960 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. 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