New in SpyWeek: Iran Intel Muddle Deepens

Trump and his intelligence agencies appear far apart as president threatens drastic escalation.

Intelligence Gap: President Trump claimed “nobody expected” Iran would strike the Gulf States or choke off the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for the U.S. and Israeli air campaign, despite multiple intelligence warnings, expert analyses and war games over the decades. “We were shocked. They fought back!” Trump told reporters at the White House last Monday. The president was also miffed that NATO allies he’d been trashing for years didn’t come to his aid on Iran. Said French Gen. Nicholas Richoux: “He can go fuck himself.”