He, however, agrees with US President Donald Trump that additional attacks against US embassies were likely.
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four US embassies, an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Iran's top general.
When pressed on whether intelligence officers offered concrete evidence on that point he said:"I didn't see one with regards to four embassies." Trump said on Friday Iran probably had targeted the US embassy in Baghdad and was aiming to attack four US embassies before Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike on Jan. 3.
House Intelligence Committee chairperson Adam Schiff, a California Democrat and member of the Gang of Eight, said on Sunday that the group was not informed about possible attacks on four embassies.
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