INTERVIEW – GEN. JACK KEANE – retired 4 star general, former Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army, the chairman of the Institute for the Study of War and Fox News Senior Strategic Analyst.

TOPICS: Security clearances and war of words with Iran

IRAN

>> Trump warns Iran in late night tweet: ‏@realDonaldTrump To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!
8:24 PM – 22 Jul 2018

>> AMB JOHN BOLTON: “President Trump told me that if Iran does anything at all to the negative, they will pay a price like few countries have ever paid before.”

>> ‘Trump cannot do a damn thing against Iran’: Revolutionary Guard fires back at Twitter threat

SECURITY CLEARANCES:

>> WH: Trump Considers Revoking Clearance of Ex-Intel Chiefs includes Comey, Hayden, Clapper, Rice and Brennan

NORTH KOREA

> Satellite images reportedly suggest North Korea has begun dismantling its main rocket launch site, a possible sign of denuclearization. POTENTIAL SIGNS OF DE-NUCLEARIZATION IN NORTH KOREA: Satellite images show North Korea has begun dismantling its main satellite launch facility in an apparent confidence-building measure amid concerns about the slow pace of progress in its promise to denuclearize, the Wall Street Journal reports … North Korea, the Journal reports, has begun to demolish its rocket engine test stand and a related building at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, the country’s primary rocket launch site for rockets since 2012, according to new imagery published Monday by North Korea-focused website 38 North. The move hasn’t yet been announced by North Korea’s state media, but is an alleged follow-up on a promise that President Donald Trump said was made during his June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.