Intelligence chief Jay Clayton warns Rubio of rising Iranian threats

The head of U.S. intelligence warned Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday that Iranian plans to target and kill U.S. citizens abroad have reached “advanced stages.”

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton sent a memo alerting that “lethal plotting efforts by the Iranians against U.S. citizens have reached advanced stages” in the Middle East and other countries. Iran has “substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel” abroad, the DNI chief said, adding that the risk is “relevant to more individuals than are currently cleared to receive this information.”