Pompeo defends strike on Iran general but resists giving intel on ‘imminent’ attack by realchriswilson
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a press conference Tuesday morning but wouldn’t answer the question on many Americans’ minds: What was the intelligence showing an “imminent” threat that justified killing a top Iranian general.
The White House said Soleimani “was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region,” with Trump stating that he ordered the strike “to stop a war,” not start one. “Are we talking about days? Are we talking about weeks?” asked CNN’s Jake Tapper, pressing Pompeo on his definition of “imminent.”
“My staff was briefed by a number of people representing a variety of agencies in the United States government, and they came away with no feeling that there was evidence of an imminent attack,” Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., said Friday.
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