One of the CNN reporters behind an anonymously-sourced report stating the U.S. strikes on Iran did not destroy key components of nuclear sites also wrote the story in which over 50 former intelligence officials claimed the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation in 2020.
CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand, along with Katie Bo Lillis and Zachary Cohen, published the article, which draws on a description of an “early U.S. intelligence assessment” from various anonymous sources, on Wednesday. The story stated that “core components ” of Iran’s nuclear program were not destroyed in Operation Midnight Hammer and the mission “likely only set it back by months.”
However, Trump, who is calling for Bertrand to be fired, read a report from the Atomic Energy Commission of Israel later in the day, stating that “the devastating U.S. strike on Fordow destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility totally inoperable” and that the mission thwarted “Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons for many years to come.”
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said that new intelligence has confirmed Iran’s nuclear sites were destroyed.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that “the FBI is investigating who was the source of that leak because it’s an illegal leak to CNN,” and highlighted Bertrand’s coverage that framed the Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation when she was a reporter for Politico.
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