Iran War and U.S. Homeland Security

The FBI circulated an alert to California law enforcement based on unverified intelligence that Iran allegedly aspired to launch a surprise unmanned aerial-vehicle attack from an unidentified vessel off the U.S. coast targeting unspecified sites in California if the United States struck Iran, while noting there was no information on timing, method, targets, or perpetrators. Governor Gavin Newsom said there was no imminent threat though authorities remain prepared, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called the tip a single, unverified item and denied any credible homeland threat, a characterization former DHS officials say sounds like aspirational chatter rather than operational capability.