White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday demanded that ABC News immediately retract its report claiming Iran is planning a drone attack on California.
Leavitt said ABC News provided “false information to intentionally alarm the American people.”
According to ABC News, the FBI warned California police departments that Iran may try to attack the US mainland with drones.
ABC News reviewed an FBI bulletin that revealed the bureau warned police in California that Iran wanted to launch a surprise drone attack against the West Coast.
The bulletin did not offer any specific details about the drone attack.
BREAKING: The FBI has warned police departments in California that Iran wants to retaliate for American attacks by launching offensive drones against the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by @ABC News.
Read more: https://t.co/LNR2dkGK8T pic.twitter.com/gMwi9Xbtyc
— ABC News (@ABC) March 11, 2026
CBS News later Wednesday said there is no credible intelligence underpinning the bulletin.
Per CBS News: “[T]here is no credible intelligence underpinning the bulletin distributed on the unverified possibility that Iran could retaliate for American attacks by launching drones at the West Coast.”
Multiple US and state law enforcement and intel officials told @CBSNews there is no credible intelligence underpinning the bulletin distributed on the unverified possibility that Iran could retaliate for American attacks by launching drones at the West Coast. “This is not… https://t.co/gcdUBdgDX6
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 11, 2026
On Thursday, Karoline Leavitt fumed and demanded ABC News retract its drone attack report:
This post and story should be immediately retracted by ABC News for providing false information to intentionally alarm the American people.
They wrote this based on one email that was sent to local law enforcement in California about a single, unverified tip.
The email even states the tip was based on *unverified* intelligence. Yet ABC News left out this critical fact in their story! WHY?
TO BE CLEAR: No such threat from Iran to our homeland exists, and it never did.
This post and story should be immediately retracted by ABC News for providing false information to intentionally alarm the American people.
They wrote this based on one email that was sent to local law enforcement in California about a single, unverified tip. The email even… https://t.co/jKey9ahsNk
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) March 12, 2026
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