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2026-05-24 11:19:59
[White House Official Responds to Pompeo: You Had No Knowledge or Right to Leak Secret Negotiation Details] 1. Sebastian Gorka, the White House National Security Council's senior counterterrorism director and deputy assistant to the president, refuted former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's comments on the secret negotiations with Iran on Saturday. 2. Gorka stated that Pompeo had no knowledge of the details of the secret negotiations. Even if he possessed relevant information, obtaining and leaking such intelligence would be a violation of regulations. 3. Gorka directly addressed Pompeo: "Are you lying, or have you broken the law?" Previously, Pompeo had criticized the proposed Iran deal, claiming it "effectively funds the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to develop weapons of mass destruction" and accusing the deal of "completely violating the America First principle."
