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President Trump's claim of bomb threats to embassies is falling apart.

1. No threat to an embassy in intelligence briefings to Congress

2. Two senior administration officials appear to be admitting to WaPo that Trump's claim is false

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

2. Two senior officials "said they were only aware of vague intelligence about a plot against the embassy in Baghdad and that the information did not suggest a fully formed plot. Neither official said there were threats against multiple embassies."

- Washington Post

3. Telltale sign: No warning to embassy in Baghdad

"The embassy in Baghdad did not receive an alert commensurate to the threat Trump described....When the U.S. government has specific information about threats to embassies, warnings or alerts are often sent to embassy personnel"

4. Telltale sign: No travel advisories for Americans

Brett Holmgren, former CIA, DOD, NSC:

"it would’ve been routine for the Departments of State or Defense to issue a travel or threat warning to American citizens or US military personnel in the region"
justsecurity.org/67932/as-confl…

5. Holmgren also adds:

"An imminent threat of attack should have triggered the Intelligence Community's Duty to Warn obligations or the State Department’s No Double Standard Policy and resulted in some type of public alert."