The White House has said a source who leaked intelligence suggesting that strikes on Iranian nuclear sites were not effective should be jailed.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the was examining who was behind the the leak, published by and The New York Times, which cast doubt on the Trump administration's statement that Saturday's strikes had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program.
The Trump administration has rejected the leaked initial assessment of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that key parts of Iran's nuclear program could soon be restarted despite the president's boast that it had been destroyed.
Leavitt's comments up the ante in the Trump administration's defense of the military strikes which preceded a ceasefire between Iran and Israel following 12 days of hostilities.
Trump said the strikes were an unqualified success, "obliterating" Tehran's nuclear capabilities and setting back its nuclear program by years in an assertion backed by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
But CNN and The New York Times cast doubt on this assertion citing a leaked preliminary intelligence report and pending a final full damage assessment.
The outlets said the attacks failed to destroy either Iran's enriched uranium or nuclear infrastructure and may have set the program back by months, rather than years. The IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said he had no information on the location of the Islamic Republic's enriched uranium, essential for restarting a nuclear program.
As questions swirl around the success of the strikes, Leavitt told reporters it was "disgusting" that news outlets were "disparaging" both Trump and the U.S. personnel who conducted the operation by releasing the preliminary intelligence.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt: "I understand the FBI is investigating who was the source of that leak because it's an illegal leak to CNN," adding that whoever leaked the information "should go to jail."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), per The Hill: "There apparently are reasons to believe that that was a blatant misrepresentation made by Donald Trump to the American people."
Trump administration officials were scheduled to brief House and Senate lawmakers on the operation on Tuesday but the meetings were rescheduled for Thursday for the Senate and Friday for the House, although The Hill reported some lawmakers are questioning whether they will actually happen.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the was examining who was behind the the leak, published by and The New York Times, which cast doubt on the Trump administration's statement that Saturday's strikes had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program.
The Trump administration has rejected the leaked initial assessment of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that key parts of Iran's nuclear program could soon be restarted despite the president's boast that it had been destroyed.
Leavitt's comments up the ante in the Trump administration's defense of the military strikes which preceded a ceasefire between Iran and Israel following 12 days of hostilities.
Trump said the strikes were an unqualified success, "obliterating" Tehran's nuclear capabilities and setting back its nuclear program by years in an assertion backed by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
But CNN and The New York Times cast doubt on this assertion citing a leaked preliminary intelligence report and pending a final full damage assessment.
The outlets said the attacks failed to destroy either Iran's enriched uranium or nuclear infrastructure and may have set the program back by months, rather than years. The IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said he had no information on the location of the Islamic Republic's enriched uranium, essential for restarting a nuclear program.
As questions swirl around the success of the strikes, Leavitt told reporters it was "disgusting" that news outlets were "disparaging" both Trump and the U.S. personnel who conducted the operation by releasing the preliminary intelligence.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt: "I understand the FBI is investigating who was the source of that leak because it's an illegal leak to CNN," adding that whoever leaked the information "should go to jail."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), per The Hill: "There apparently are reasons to believe that that was a blatant misrepresentation made by Donald Trump to the American people."
Trump administration officials were scheduled to brief House and Senate lawmakers on the operation on Tuesday but the meetings were rescheduled for Thursday for the Senate and Friday for the House, although The Hill reported some lawmakers are questioning whether they will actually happen.
