In the weeks since the U.S. and Israel began bombarding Iran, President Trump repeatedly justified the strikes by claiming Iran had posed an imminent nuclear threat.

But months earlier, in the wake of U.S. and Israeli strikes in June 2025, the message coming from Washington, D.C., was that Iran's key nuclear facilities had been "obliterated."

Drawing on new reporting, satellite imagery analysis and interviews, Frontline, The Washington Post, Evident Media and Bellingcat investigate the status of Iran's nuclear program amid the second round of U.S.-Israeli military action in less than a year.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/strike-on-iran-the-nuclear-question/

#Iran #Israel #Trump #DOD #GOP #USPol #RisingLion #Frontline

So glad the Secretary of Defense is focusing on the important things during this famously quiet time for the US military.

Whats the over-under on when the first drill instructor or particularly annoying bunkmate gets popped?

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/world/us-ends-gun-free-zones-on-us-bases-invoking-second-amendment-3217379?s=1

#USPol #DoD #WhatsIran

#Trump 🚨aides gutted some offs that worked to counter anti-American disinfo by foreign powers. Now the US finds itself embattled in an info war with IR, RU & CN. The St Dept tells diplomats to use X & work with #DOD psyops teams.

St Dept:🚨ordered every Am embassy & consulate this week to do more to push back agst fgn infl campaigns, warning *fueled hostility toward US sec interests.

Admin: taken steps recently to restore some broas of the govt-funded news orgs...
#USPol
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/business/trump-foreign-disinformation-iran.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X1A.MkbI.bYvZQ1drhu8m

Liam Scott and Jason Rezaian: ‘Is it Kafka?’ The #Pentagon attempts to evict the press.

"Senior U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman ruled on March 20 that the policy was unconstitutional. The Pentagon not only appealed the decision but also announced, a few days after the court’s ruling, that it would move journalists from their dedicated workspace inside its building to a separate facility."

#NYT #Press #Pressfreedom #DoD #journalism

"If you pay close attention,🚨you’ll notice that the CENTCOM videos are always cut right after the bomb impact, so people cannot analyze & see that it was actually a decoy.

Hezbollah & Hamas videos🚨are usually like that too. This makes it impossible to verify the actual damage caused.
-P Marins

"The US Air Force🚨is doing its usual work of striking decoy Iranian SAMs."
-EGYOSINT
#Fraud #Deceit #Propaganda #CENTCOM #Corruption #Hegseth #DOD #TrumpRegime #IranWar #USPol

Almost💔750 US troops: wounded or killed in the ME since Oct 2023, an analysis by The Intercept: found. But the #DOD won’t ack it.

CENTCOM🚨appears to be engaged in a “casualty cover-up,” offering The Intercept low-ball & outdated figures +failing to provide clarifs on MIL deaths/injuries.

At least 15 US #troops were wounded Fri in an Iranian atk on a Saudi air base *hosts Am troops.💔100s of #US pers: KILLED or INJURED in the reg since the US launched the #IranWar‼️
#USPol
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/01/iran-war-us-casualty-numbers-trump-hegseth/

"#US🚨has lost 16 MQ-9 Reaper drones since the #IranWar began, including 2 more this week near Isfahan, sources told J LaPorta.

A single Reaper drone can cost🚨~$30M. The remotely piloted aircraft are used for intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance missions but also can deliver precision strikes."
-J Jacobs

"High-tech assets🚨are proving expensive & vulnerable in a contested airspace."
-Wadhwa
#Waste #Fraud #Abuse #Corruption #Incompetence #DOD #Hegseth #Trump #TrumpRegime #Troops #USPol

#China🚨is now far ahead of the #US in MFG & deploying adv technologies: EVs, batteries, WI telecom EQP, humanoid robots, & next-gen nuclear power. CN’s rapidly growing pharma sector: nearly caught up to the US in its pace of introd new drugs to the mkt. CN’s MIL now has tech caps the USs lacks, incl what the #DOD calls “the world’s leading hypersonic missile arsenal.”

China’s success⚡stems from pouring resources into all parts of its #innovation ecosystem.

#Tech #USPol
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/america-losing-innovation-race

Did Trump just threaten a war crime? After warning he could target Iran’s desalination plants, the issue is simple: the DoD Law of War Manual prohibits attacking “drinking water installations” when it would deny civilians what they need to survive. War has rules, and targeting water is one of the clearest red lines.

#news #military #law #ucmj #dod Follow @ucmjattorney for more.

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“Really unusual.

- NYT & BBC:🚨US military struck sports hall/school with a new weapon never before used in war (the PrSM)

- DoD: denies any US strike in area and claims video "does not show" that weapon

- Then great Bellingcat’s Trevor Ball🚨refutes #DoD claim about the video.”
-R Goodman

Interesting claim by CENTCOM here. A very quick estimated measurement using the diameters of the Hoveyzeh & PrSM make the length much more consistent with the PrSM…”
#Lies #Trump #Hegseth #IranWar #USPol