CNN: Barr and Pompeo shift justification for Iran strike from ‘imminent’ threat to deterrence
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Attorney General William Barr said Monday that killing Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was part of a larger strategy of deterrence, a shift from the Trump administration’s previous rationale that the strike was carried out to prevent an “imminent” attack.
The ever-evolving reasoning has a new voice; the Attorney General.
