"We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United State Homeland, specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the US conducted strikes against Iran. We have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators of this alleged attack."
"This post and story should be immediately retracted by ABC News for providing false information to intentionally alarm the American people. They wrote this based on one email that was sent to local law enforcement in California about a single, unverified tip. The email even states the tip was based on *unverified* intelligence. Yet ABC News left out this critical fact in their story!"
"TO BE CLEAR: No such threat from Iran to our homeland exists, and it never did. This post and story should be immediately retracted by ABC News for providing false information to intentionally alarm the American people."
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called for ABC News to immediately retract reporting on alleged Iranian plans to conduct drone strikes against California targets. An FBI alert from late February contained unverified intelligence suggesting Iran aspired to launch unmanned aerial vehicle attacks from an unidentified vessel off the U.S. coast. Leavitt criticized ABC News for presenting this unverified information as fact, arguing the network deliberately omitted the intelligence's unverified status to alarm Americans. She emphasized no actual threat from Iran exists. California Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed being alerted to the unverified claims but stated no imminent threat exists.
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