New: Iran intel showed Soleimani had broadly been pushing for more aggressive posture toward the US and creating conditions that might ultimately endanger Americans in the region, not plotting an imminent attack, lawmakers tell me and @connorobrienNH politico.com/news/2020/01/0…
On one line of criticism Dems have raised in the wake of Soleimani’s death— that the admin didn’t carefully weigh possible fallout—briefers offered some reassurance: The intel community did provide the WH w/assessment of potential consequences of launching the strike, per source.
Additionally, there was no intel presented that showed Iranian leadership had signed off on or approved of Soleimani’s ideas, per lawmakers.
