Via #RawStory - Apr 10, 2026

Hegseth's key #Iran claim collapses as US intel finds Iran has thousands of missiles

One of #SecretaryOfDefense #PeteHegseth's main defenses of the U.S. decision to negotiate a controversial #ceasefire with #Iran is that its #BallisticMissile program has been "functionally destroyed."

But that claim has now been shot down by U.S. #IntelligenceAssessments, the #WallStreetJournal reported on Friday.

#DOD

https://www.rawstory.com/hegseth-iran-2676700861/

Trump’s Two-Faced AI Policy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/10/trumps-two-faced-ai-policy/

''Hegseth🚨has also boasted about his efforts to scale back what he has called 'stupid rules of engagement.'

Oona Hathaway, a professor of INTL law at Yale Law School, said💔those rules 'were developed precisely to prevent this kind of civilian harm'."

Our fed govt, with taxpayer💰is committing #Genocide, #WarCrimes... not to mention funding #Netanyahu's apocalyptic crime spree in #Lebanon, #Gaza...
#Trump #Hegseth #DOD #Israel #Iran #IllegalWar #IranWar #EndTheWar #USPol🎁
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/09/world/middleeast/us-israel-strikes-iran-structures-damage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z1A.dCxF.YfmPa4AGooIY&smid=url-share

😳 Wild story. Reads like a plot from the Middle Ages. Have to read up on 14th C weapons:

"Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy"
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentagon-threatened-pope-leo

Original story v the Free Press (paywalled):
https://www.thefp.com/p/why-the-vatican-and-the-white-house

Response (of sorts — also something of a confirmation) from JD Vance, as well as more background, v Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-reacts-report-us-official-issued-threat-vatican-ambassador-11802350
h/t @timmy @jqheywood
https://goblin.camp/@timmy/116370813737193907
#DepartmentOfWar #DoD #Vatican #JDVance #PopeLeo #geopolitics

Aram Roston: US defense official Emil Michael, overseeing AI ,reaped millions selling #xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company. Expert said federal law bars officials from taking actions in their jobs that benefit their own financial interests.

#Kleptocracy #corruption #crime #DoD
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/pentagon-ai-xai-emil-michael

The high-alt drone turned toward Iran, tx the univ 7700 emerg code, rapidly lost altitude & vanished above contested Gulf airspace.

If Iranian air DEFs or elect warfare sys' caused the incident, Iran may have demonstrated an ability to threaten Am’s most expensive maritime intel platform w/o firing publicly ack weapons.

Before disappearing:🚨spent hrs orbiting the SoH, gathering intel above a maritime chokepoint.
Costs >$200M‼️

#IranWar #Hegseth #DOD #Incompetence #USPol
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-navy-mq4c-triton-vanishes-near-iran-emergency-code-shot-down-strait-of-hormuz/