Mike Baker

And as Trump weighed the risks, Iran, the regime, appears to have been doing some planning of its own.

Five sources familiar with U.S.

intelligence told CNN that the Iranian regime spent recent weeks deliberately collapsing tunnels and mining entrances around portions of the Isfahan nuclear complex.

You ask yourself why?

Well, presumably because the IRGC understood exactly what Washington understood.

If the uranium survived the 2025 strikes, it could eventually become the target of a retrieval mission.

Now, whether the goal was to prevent a future American raid or conceal the material or both, the result's the same.

The uranium has become significantly harder to reach.

So, rather than ordering troops into Iran to physically seize the uranium, the president chose to accept the risks of attempting a negotiated settlement.

In doing so, Trump has now reframed the problem, stating that coming up with a long-term solution to Iran's nuclear program is more important than focusing on Iran's existing stockpile of enriched uranium.

That is apparently just an acceptance of the reality that there were no acceptable operational plans for locating and taking control of that stockpile.

All right, coming up in the back of the brief, Canadian authorities say they've linked multiple shootings, including an attack on the U.S.

consulate, to sophisticated gun-for-hire networks operating in Toronto.

More on that when we come back.

Hey, Mike Baker here.

I want to take just a moment to talk about security, specifically your online security.

Look, here's the thing.

In a world of data breaches and intrusions, identity theft and online harassment, keeping your personal life private feels like a full-time job.

And if you're like me, keeping you and your family lives private is important.

And, of course, in the age of AI, well, we're especially vulnerable to scammers using our personal data against us.