Spy chief warns Marco Rubio lethal plots against Americans reached ‘advanced stages’

The nation's top spy has sent Secretary of State Marco Rubio an urgent warning that danger to Americans overseas is rapidly escalating.Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton told Rubio that Iran has "substantially increased" its efforts to go after U.S. personnel, such as diplomats, and that lethal plotting against American citizens has reached "advanced stages" in the Middle East and other countries, according to an Oct. 23 memo Axios obtained and reported on Friday."The lethal plotting efforts by the Iranians against U.S. citizens have reached advanced stages in both the Middle East and certain other countries," Clayton wrote in the one-page, unclassified memo, which was also copied to CIA Director John Ratcliffe.CNN's Zachary Cohen posted on X that a U.S. official confirmed the memo is genuine and that CNN had obtained its own copy, adding that a source said its substance is broadly in line with the intelligence community's assessment.The...