Gen Jack Keane: UNUSUAL for US intel to reveal this

TURNS OUT. BACK TO YOU. >> Dana: THANK YOU, GREG PALKOT. >> Bill: OVERSEAS IRAN STEPPING. UP EFFORTS TO STRIKE AT. AMERERICANS ABROAD ACCORDING TO. U.S. INTELLIGENCE MEMO OBTAINED. BY FOX NEWS READING IN PART. THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS WE HAVE. RECEIVED INTELLIGENCE THAT IRAN. IS SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED. EFFORTS TO TARGET U.S. PERSONNEL. THE LETHAL PLOTTING EFFORTS BY. THE IRANIANS AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS HAVE REACHED ADVANCED. STAGES IN BOTH THE MIDDLE EAST. AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES. RETIRED GENERAL JACK KEANE, FOX.

NEWS SENIOR STRATEGIC ANALYST, GOOD TO SEE YOU ON MONDAY. GERMANY WAS ONE OF THE OTHER. COUNTRIES THEY CALLED OUT. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS INTEL. BRIEFING AND HOW SHOULD WE READ. IT RIGHT NOW, GENERAL? >> WELL FIRST OF ALL IT'S. UNUSUAL FOR OUR INTELLIGENCE. SERVICES AND THE STATE. DEPARTMENT TO REVEAL THAT. INFORMATION. CERTAINLY THAT TELLS YOU ONE, IT. IS CREDIBLE, AND TWO, THE FACT. THAT THEY ARE REVEALING IT, BILL, THEY WANT TO USE IT AS A.

FORM OF DETERRENCE AND TRY TO. PREVENT SOME OF IT FROM. HAPPENING. WHAT WE'VE BEEN USED TO IS IRAN. ATTACKING WITH MILITARY MEANS AT. U.S. BASES IN THE REGION AS WELL. AS OUR ALLIES. WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT. HERE IS TERRORIST-TYPE. ACTIVITIES. SOMETHING THAT THE BRITISH. THWARTED IN THE U.K. RECENTLY. SURROUNDING THE AIR BASE WHERE. OUR BOMBERS WERE. AS A FOOTNOTE TO THIS, MI5,

COUNTER INTELLIGENCE UNIT THAT. OPERATES IN THE U.K. LIKE THE. F.B.I. OPERATES IN THE UNITED. STATES HAS THWARTED IN THE LAST. FIVE YEARS CLOSE TO 20. LATE-STAGE IRANIAN THREATS THAT. WERE DISRUPTED. TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW. ACTIVE THEY HAVE BEEN AND HOW. EASY IT IS TO TURN UP THE HEAT A. LITTLE BIT. THEIR METHOD IN DOING THAT IS. UNUSUAL. IRGC TARGETS, THEY PUT A PLAN IF. PLACE AND USE LOCALS TO CARRY.

OUT THE PLAN. USUALLY A CRIMINAL ELEMENT. THAT IS HOW I THINK WE'RE ABLE. TO DETECT IT BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE. TO PICK UP THE COMMUNICATIONS. TAKING PLACE THERE. THE THREAT IS REAL. WE HAVE ANNOUNCED IT. ANTENNA IS UP. WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS IN. DETECTING THESE KIND OF. ACTIVITIES JUST AS THE BRITISH. HAVE BEEN AND CERTAINLY THAT'S. CLEARLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT. HAS PROTECTED AMERICA POST 9/11. FOR SO LONG IS THE CAPABILITY OF. OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. >> Bill: AS YOU KNOW, AMERICA IS.

PRETTY MUCH FOCUSED ON THIS. ELECTION IN EIGHT DAYS. WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT IS. ANYBODY'S GUESS AND MAYBE AT. THAT POINT WE GET BACK TO THE. BUSINESS OF POSSIBLY EVEN WAR. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT. THAT. HERE IS HOW THE PRESIDENT. CHARACTERIZED IT LATE ON FRIDAY. WATCH HERE. >> President Trump: WE MAY DO. ANOTHER EPIC FURY OR THEY'LL. AGREE. IF THEY'RE SMART THEY'LL JUST. SAY LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. BUT I DOUBT THEY WILL DO THAT. BECAUSE PERHAPS THEY ARE NOT.

SMART. BUT WE'RE -- WE DID A NUMBER ON. THEM. WOULD I TELL YOU THAT? THE ANSWER IS NO THEY WON'T BE A. STRIKE TODAY. >> Bill: FOCUS HAS BEEN ON. ISOLATING IRAN. THE BLOCKADE HAS DONE A VERY. GOOD JOB. WHAT IS YOUR SENSE ABOUT GOING. BACK IN, GENERAL? >> IT'S THREE THINGS HERE. THE FIRST IS NEGOTIATION STILL.

IRANIANS ARE STILL I GUESS DOING. SOME TALKING WITH US. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT. BELIEVES THAT EVEN IF IRAN GAVE. US AND MET ALL THE OBJECTIVES. THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS PUT. FORTH, DOES ANYBODY BELIEVE THEY. WOULD COMPLY WITH THAT? THEY HAVE ALREADY VIOLATED A. SIGNED AGREEMENT THAT THEIR. PRESIDENT AND OUR PRESIDENT. MADE. FOR YEARS THEY CHEAT ON ANY. AGREEMENT THEY'VE EVER MADE. THERE WOULD BE NO COMPLIANCE. LIKELY CHEAT IN THE TRUMP.

ADMINISTRATION, SURE. BUT FOR SURE AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP LEAVAVES OFFICE. THERE WILL BE NON-COMPLIANCE. HERE IS THE SECOND THING THAT'S. SO TROUBLESOME ABOUT THIS. DIPLOMATIC PATH IS WE HAVE TO. FINANCE THEIR RECOVERY. THEY WON'T MAKE A DEAL IF WE. DON'T RELEASE FROZEN ASSETS AND. ALSO REMOVE THE SANCTIONS EVEN. IF THEY ARE CONDITIONS BASED ON. THEIR BEHAVIOR. EVENTUALLY IRAN RECOVERS AND. REBUILDS AND RETURNS TO WHAT? THE SAME OBJECTIVES THEY'VE. ALWAYS HAD IN BEING A PREDATOR.

IN THE REGION. WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT IT FROM A. YEAR OR TWO YEARS FROM NOW AND. IRAN IS STILL MAINTAINED THOSE. GOALS AND STILL DEVELOPING THEIR. PROXIES AND STILL THREATENING. ISRAEL YOU CAN ASK YOURSELF THE. QUESTION WHAT DID WE DO ALL THIS. FOR IF THEY ARE ABLE TO COME. RIGHT BACK A COUPLE YEARS LATER. WITH THE SAME BEHAVIOR AND. INCREASING THEIR CAPABILITY? SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I THINK. WE HAVE TO KEEP UPPERMOST IN OUR. MIND. THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE THAT'S. BEING APPLIED, BILL, IS. SIGNIFICANT.

THE BLOCKADE IS EXQUISITE IN. SHUTTING DOWN ONE OF THE MAJOR. AVENUES CERTAINLY OF THE EXPORT. OF OIL THEY GOT. THEIR MAJOR ONE. THE OTHER THING WE HAVE TO. UNDERSTAND IS THEY ARE EIGHT. OTHER AVENUES, THE CASPIAN SEA. AND SEVEN COUNTRIES BORDER IRAN. AND IRAN, BELIEVE ME, THEIR. FOCUS ON SURVIVAL. WHAT BESSENT IS DOING, SECRETARY. BESSENT IN ISOLATING IRAN IS. MOST SIGNIFICANT COMPREHENSIVE.

PLAN I'VE EVER SEEN, YES, BUT. THERE ARE OTHER EIGHT AVENUES. AND WE'RE GRADUALLY TRYING TO. SHUT DOWN THE OVERLAND ROUTES. AND THE CASPIAN SEA. IT ALL WILL TAKE TIME. IRAN IS RESILIENT AT BLACKMAIL, SMUGGLING, SANCTION EVASION. THE IDEA THAT JUST BECAUSE OIL. REVENUE IS SHUT OFF. IT WILL TAKE MORE WEEKS BASED ON. ESTIMATES, THERE ARE OTHER. SOURCES OF REVENUE AND THEY WILL. PUT THE PRESSURE ON THE PEOPLE.

IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC PERIL AND. RESERVE MONEY THEMSELVES TO DO. WHAT? JUST TO SURVIVE. AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO KEEP. IN OUR MIND AND THAT BRINGS INTO. MAYBE IT'S BETTER WE TRY TO. FINISH THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL. THAT'S BY FAR WHAT WE HAHAVE TO. DO. >> Bill: REMIND THE AUDIENCE, CUBA HAS BEEN DOING IT AS AN. ISLAND NATION FOR FIVE DECADES. AND IT IS TOUGH TO GIVE THOSE IN. POWER IN IRAN TO GO AHEAD AND.

CONCEDE THAT POWER. WE'LL SEE IF AND WHEN THAT DOES. HAPPEN. GENERAL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND WE'LL SPEA.