Karoline Leavitt demands retraction of ABC News story claiming FBI warned Iran could attack California
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the report omitted that the FBI alert was based on a single unverified tip and falsely alarmed the public, urging ABC to retract it.
- The FBI warned California police departments in February that Iran allegedly aspired to launch drone attacks from an unidentified vessel off the U.S. coast, according to reports surfacing Wednesday.
- White House officials on Thursday downplayed the memo, while Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt demanded a retraction, claiming the report was based on a single, "unverified" tip.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom stated Wednesday that the state remains "prepared for any emergency" while confirming officials are "not aware of any imminent threats at this time."
- Red Cat CEO Jeff Thompson noted that vertical-launch mechanisms off small boats would be "very easy to find and very easy to kill," though small FPV drones remain harder to detect.
- The alert emerges amid the 13-day-old conflict with Iran, though a Department of Homeland Security assessment determined Iran poses a threat while large-scale attacks remain unlikely.
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White House demands ABC News retract story that omitted key word from FBI alert: "Unverified"
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt demanded Thursday that ABC News retract a story claiming the FBI warned that Iran could launch drone attacks against California, calling the report false and accusing the network of deliberately alarming the American public. The story, which ABC posted on Wednesday with a "BREAKING" tag, stated that the FBI had warned California police departments that Iran wanted to retaliate for American attacks by …
NEWS HEADLINES: “Fake News Is Real And It Is Dangerous”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt thanked ABC News for updating a story about the FBI’s warning to California authorities about the possibility of Iran launching drone attacks against the West Coast. “The FBI has posted a fuller version of its alert to California authorities, which includes that the information was unverified. The latest version of this story has been updated with the full statement,” ABC News stated. “Thank you to AB…
Karoline Leavitt Thanks ABC for Correcting 'Misleading' Report About Iran Attacking California: 'Fake News Is Real'
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt thanked ABC News Friday for correcting its “misleading” report about Iran targeting California with drone attacks. “Thank you to ABC News for issuing a correction to this story,” Leavitt said in an early morning X post. “The problem? Their original, misleading story received 10 million views and panicked people across the country,” Leavitt added. “The correction only has 100,000 views. Fake News is re…
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Uh, What?? FBI Memo Warns Of Iranian Drone Strike In California, DHS Downplays Threat
Source: Future Publishing / Getty A recent intelligence memo circulated by the FBI raised concerns that Iran might attempt a drone attack targeting California, but U.S. officials say there is currently no credible or imminent threat. According to CBS News, the warning comes amid escalating tensions between the United States, Israel, and Iran following recent military strikes in the Middle East. According to the memo, intelligence suggested that…
Why an unverified Iran drone tip prompted FBI alerts to California law enforcement
An FBI advisory referencing an unverified tip about a potential Iranian drone concept off the California coast circulated to multiple California law enforcement agencies — only to be forcefully downplayed by the White House hours later. The advisory, distributed through federal security channels,…
Caroline Levitt says that no threat from Iran to the United States “exists and never has existed.”
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