CIA, WH Didn’t Object To ABC’s Iran Story

On Wednesday, ABC News responded to critics of Tuesday’s report about covert action in Iran, saying:

“In the six days since we first contacted the CIA and the White House, at no time did they indicate that broadcasting this report would jeopardize lives or operations on the ground. ABC News management gave them the repeated opportunity to make whatever objection they wanted to regarding our report. They chose not to.

This piece was very carefully reported, and it puts solid facts on the table concerning a crucial foreign policy challenge facing the United States and the world.”

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