Iran Has Increased Efforts to Target U.S. Personnel, Intelligence Memo Warns
A memo from Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Iran has substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel.
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned in a memo to Secretary of State Rubio that Iran has substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel, according to CBS News. That outlet reported that the plots have reached advanced stages.
Fox News reported that an intelligence memo sent to Marco Rubio describes Iranian plots to kill Americans as having reached advanced stages in the Middle East and other countries. Its headline said Iran has "substantially increased" efforts to target Americans abroad.
The two accounts agree that a memo exists and that Iranian efforts have increased, but they differ in emphasis. CBS News named Clayton as the author and described the targets as U.S. personnel, while Fox News described them as Americans abroad and said the plots aimed to kill them. The CBS News summary does not mention killing, and the Fox News summary does not name the memo's author.
The outlets also identify the recipient differently. CBS News described Rubio as Secretary of State, while Fox News named him as Marco Rubio. Neither outlet's summary states whether Iran has responded to the warning.
The summaries from CBS News and Fox News do not include the full text of the memo, and neither gives details of the specific targets or timing of the plots. Both summaries describe a single memo, and neither indicates that more than one memo was involved.
Sources: CBS News: Iran has "increased efforts to target U.S. personnel," intel chief warns; Fox News: Iran has 'substantially increased' efforts to target Americans abroad, US intelligence memo warns.