Zachary Cohen
@ZcohenCNN
Senior National Security reporter, covering the Pentagon for @CNN.
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Pretty sure “everybody” is obsessing over both the price of gas AND the fact that the same threat Gorka is referring to here, still exists.
New: 8 Navy personnel assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln strike group attempted suicide during a period when ships were engaged in combat ops against Iran & the carrier set a modern record for its time at sea, per letter from service’s acting secretary, obtained by CNN.
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NEW: The US military was prepared to board a Chinese vessel in the Middle East earlier this spring -- during war with Iran -- after an intel report concluded it was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program.
But just before the planned operation, officials discovered the report had been generated w/ help of AI & chatbot used by the analyst inaccurately identified what the ship was carrying, sources tell @KatieBoLillis & me.
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Another of the sources said there are still discussions underway about whether to send some of the drones to the Middle East, as the US military has lost assets in its war against Iran.
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Exclusive: The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump's war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.
"We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran," an officer in US Central Command's intelligence branch wrote in a message sent Wednesday to a broad group of military analysts, according to a source.
New from @KatieBoLillis & me
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