U.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots against Americans have reached advanced stages

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U.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots against Americans have reached advanced stages

Oct 24, 1 AM ET to Oct 26, 10 PM ET

22outlets carried it
🫏7 · 6 · 9🐘left · center · right
2.9 dayson the front pages
21front pages at once, at its peak
13 minof TV captions
11radio newscasts
24people retold it online
3 of 4parts of a saga

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 24, 1 AM ETfirst on a front page: Yahoo News
Oct 24, 5 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 24, 6 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Oct 24, 8 AM ETretold online by 24 people
Oct 24, 9 PM ETpeak: on 21 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 24, 1 AM to Oct 26, 10 PM ET (peak 21), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📌 linked by aggregators: Drudge Report Google News Political Wire

💬 quoted: “Advanced Stages” 3 “Iran has substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel,” 2 “increased efforts to target U.S. personnel,” “substantially increased”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 substantially increased efforts

✏️ 9 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Breitbart (2 wordings): “U.S. Intel Warns Iranian Plots to Kill Americans Abroad Have Reached ‘Advanced Stages’ Regional Embassies Reduce Staff” → “U.S. Intel: Iranian Plots to Kill Americans Abroad Now at ‘Advanced Stages’”
Financial Times (2 wordings): “Intelligence memo warns Iran plotting to kill Americans in Middle East” → “Intelligence memo warns Iran is plotting to kill Americans in Middle East”
Fox News (2 wordings): “Iran has 'substantially increased' efforts to target Americans abroad, US intelligence memo warns” → “Iranian plots to kill Americans reach 'advanced stages,' US intelligence memo warns”
HuffPost (4 wordings): “Iran Reportedly Upping Its Efforts Targeting U.S. Officials In Middle East” → “Iran In 'Advanced' Stages Of Planned Attacks On Americans Abroad”
New York Post (2 wordings): “US Intel warns Iran boosting efforts to target Americans in Mideast” → “Iran is boosting efforts to target Americans in Mideast, US Intel warns”
News Nation (2 wordings): “DNI warned of 'advanced' Iranian efforts to target U.S. personnel: Memo” → “Intel warning says Iranian plots against Americans have reached 'advanced stages'”
Scripps News (2 wordings): “Iran War New memo to Secretary Marco Rubio warns Iran is working to target US personnel Jacob Gardenswartz” → “Iran War US intelligence warns Iran has advanced plots to target American officials Jacob Gardenswartz”
The American Conservative (2 wordings): “Iran ‘Substantially Increased’ Efforts to Target Americans” → “Iran War Day 239: Iran ‘Substantially Increased’ Efforts to Target Americans, per DNI Clayton”
The Hill (2 wordings): “DNI warned Rubio of ‘advanced’ Iranian efforts to target US personnel, memo ...” → “DNI warned Rubio of ‘advanced’ Iranian efforts to target US personnel, memo shows”

Every outlet's first headline (22), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost Iran Reportedly Upping Its Efforts Targeting U.S. Officials In Middle East Oct 23, 10 PM ET
Axios Scoop: U.S. intel memo warns of "advanced" Iranian plots to kill officials abroad Oct 23, 9 PM ET
CBS News Iran has "increased efforts to target U.S. personnel," intel chief warns Oct 24, 12 AM ET
NBC News Iranian plots to kill U.S. officials in Middle East have reached ‘advanced stages,’ intel warns Oct 24, 9 PM ET
New York Times Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans, Officials Say Oct 24, 12 AM ET
The Independent Iran’s lethal plots against officials abroad reach ‘advanced stages,’ memo reveals Oct 24, 4 PM ET
Yahoo News U.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots to kill Americans are in 'advanced stages' Oct 24, 1 AM ET
BBC Iran trying harder to target US personnel in Middle East, intelligence chief warns Oct 24, 4 AM ET
Financial Times Intelligence memo warns Iran plotting to kill Americans in Middle East Oct 23, 11 PM ET
News Nation DNI warned of 'advanced' Iranian efforts to target U.S. personnel: Memo Oct 24, 2 PM ET
Reuters Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, intelligence memo warns Oct 24, 3 PM ET
Scripps News Iran War New memo to Secretary Marco Rubio warns Iran is working to target US personnel Jacob Gardenswartz Oct 23, 10 PM ET
The Hill DNI warned Rubio of ‘advanced’ Iranian efforts to target US personnel, memo ... Oct 24, 1 AM ET
Just the News Intelligence official warns Iranians preparing attacks on Americans Oct 24, 11 AM ET
The American Conservative Iran ‘Substantially Increased’ Efforts to Target Americans Oct 24, 6 PM ET
Breitbart U.S. Intel Warns Iranian Plots to Kill Americans Abroad Have Reached ‘Advanced Stages’ Regional Embassies Reduce Staff Oct 24, 12 AM ET
Fox News Iran has 'substantially increased' efforts to target Americans abroad, US intelligence memo warns Oct 24, 5 AM ET
IJR Iranian Plots Against Americans Near Advanced Stages Oct 25, 4 PM ET
New York Post US Intel warns Iran boosting efforts to target Americans in Mideast Oct 24, 10 AM ET
Newsmax Iran Assassination Plots at 'Advanced Stages': US Intel Oct 24, 2 PM ET
OAN ‘Iran has substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel,’ intelligence director warns Oct 24, 2 PM ET
The Daily Wire Intel Chief Warns Iranian Plots Against Americans Have Reached ‘Advanced Stages’ Oct 24, 3 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

Fox News8 min

CNN5 min

U.S. QUIETLY PULLS DIPLOMATS, FAMILIES FROM MIDDLE EAST POSTS AMID FEARS OF NEW ATTACKS CNN, 3 min
U.S. DIPLOMATS ORDERED OUT AGAIN MONTHS AFTER RETURNING TO REGION CNN, 2 min
U.S. INTEL WARNS IRAN IS IN THE "ADVANCED STAGES" OF PLANNING AN ATTACK AGAINST AMERICANS ABROAD Fox News, 58 s
IRAN RAMPS UP THREATS VS AMERICANS ABROAD Fox News, 53 s
"SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED". INTEL MEMO DETAILS IRANIAN THREATS AGAINST AMERICANS Fox News, 52 s
STATE DEPARTMENT ORDERS FAMILIES, NON-ESSENTIAL STAFF OUT OF SAUDI ARABIA CNN, 50 s
INTELLIGENCE MEMO. DNI WARNS OF IRANIAN EFFORT TO TARGET AMERICANS ABROAD Fox News, 49 s
IRANIAN THREATS ESCALATE. NON-EMERGENCY U.S. PERSONNEL TOLD TO LEAVE SAUDI ARABIA Fox News, 46 s

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 26, 10:10 AM ET: story 4 of 8
NPR News Now, Oct 26, 6:10 AM ET: story 3 of 7
ABC News Update, Oct 25, 10:32 PM ET: story 4 of 4
ABC News Update, Oct 25, 3:32 PM ET: story 4 of 5
NPR News Now, Oct 24, 5:09 PM ET: story 2 of 5
NPR News Now, Oct 24, 3:09 PM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 24, 9:32 AM ET: story 2 of 5
NPR News Now, Oct 24, 8:09 AM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 24, 8:05 AM ET: story 2 of 10
ABC News Update, Oct 24, 5:32 AM ET: the lead
NPR News Now, Oct 24, 5:10 AM ET: the lead

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🧩 How it's being told

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🧩 Assassination plot 🧶 online
“U.S. intelligence warns that Iran is in advanced stages of planning assassination plots against American officials.” and 1 more

🧶 Retold online

U.S. intelligence warns that Iran is in advanced stages of planning attacks on Americans in the Middle East. Oct 25: told by 17 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 2 likes, 4 reposts
U.S. intelligence warns that Iran is in advanced stages of planning assassination plots against American officials. Oct 24: told by 7 people
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 10 likes, 4 reposts

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ names in it: Iran Central Intelligence Agency Middle East

what the fact-checkers looked into

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the running story it belongs to

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