Iran's plots to kill Americans abroad have reached 'advanced stages', US intelligence chief warns as embassies cut staff
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton told Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Iran has 'substantially increased efforts to target US personnel'. The one-page memo, dated Friday, names no targets and does not say how soon attacks could come. US officials say the threat is the highest since the war began in February. CIA Director John Ratcliffe was copied in.
Staff are being cut at US embassies in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the UAE.
Trump told a Florida rally the US 'may do another little Epic Fury'.
Envoy Tom Barrack said a strike this weekend could 'absolutely' happen; Trump said he knew nothing.
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