The White House, under President Trump, reportedly shut down an intelligence bulletin that was ready to warn state and local law enforcement across the United States about heightened terror threats linked to the ongoing conflict with Iran. This has raised serious concerns within the intelligence community, especially since these types of warnings are usually issued without White House input.
The FBI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the National Counterterrorism Center had prepared a joint five-page bulletin titled “A Public Safety Awareness Report: Elevated threat in the United States during US-Iran conflict,” designed to alert authorities nationwide about a potential increase in threats.
According to the Daily Mail, the bulletin warned of “elevated threats by the government of Iran to US military and government personnel and facilities, Jewish and Israeli institutions and their perceived supporters, and Iranian dissidents and other anti-regime activists in the United States.” It also noted that “radicalized individuals with a variety of ideological backgrounds also may see this conflict or other geopolitical events as a justification for violence.”
The White House blocking this bulletin could have serious consequences for domestic security
Homeland Security broke protocol by giving the White House a heads-up about the bulletin just hours before it was set to be released, and top Trump officials ordered it placed on hold. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson did not deny the block, stating the White House is “coordinating closely with all government agencies to ensure information being disseminated is accurate, up to date, and has been properly vetted.”
A senior DHS official directly disputed that explanation, saying the three agencies were ready to release a joint statement that would “elevate the threat level and start addressing the Iranian threat on American soil.” The White House stopped it and verbally ordered that any unclassified “for official use only” information about Iran would need White House review before being shared.
Critics have also pointed out that Trump launched strikes without congressional approval, which has drawn pushback from both parties. The official expressed concern that this could have a “chilling effect on keeping state and local law enforcement informed about ongoing terrorist threats to the homeland posed by Iran,” and speculated that “they don’t want anything getting out that says what they’re doing in Iran is raising the threat level at home.”
The official stated that “intelligence products for law enforcement are supposed to be neutral, and fact based.” Typically, these bulletins are issued without White House input to avoid politicizing intelligence. This comes after President Trump launched “Operation Epic Fury,” a joint military operation with Israel against Iran that killed the regime’s senior leadership, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran responded with retaliatory missile strikes against US military bases and allied Gulf nations, with six American troops killed and more than a dozen injured in an Iranian drone attack. Iran uses a network of proxy militant groups, such as Hezbollah and the Houthis, to carry out attacks against Western countries. In one such escalation, Iran targeted the US Embassy with drone strikes in Saudi Arabia.
FBI counterterrorism teams were recently placed on elevated alert nationwide by Kash Patel. In Austin, Texas, a gunman killed three people and wounded 15 others; investigators found the shooter had expressed support for the Iranian regime online before the attack.
Published: Mar 8, 2026 04:15 pm