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Trump demands FBI prosecutions of officials who leaked Iran intelligence

President Trump publicly demanded the FBI open criminal prosecutions against unnamed government officials he accused of leaking classified intelligence about the US strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Trump announced he had personally cut off congressional intelligence briefings in response to the leaks. The move escalated tensions over executive control of intelligence and Congress's oversight role under the National Security Act.