After Party with Emily Jashinsky Trump's Next Iran Move, and Havana Syndrome Cover-Up, with Bryan Dean Wright, PLUS Stephen A. Smith’s Political Future
Mar 10, 2026
Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer and host of The Wright Report, brings intel tradecraft and field experience. He walks through how Iran’s leadership locations were tracked and what limited special-forces options look like. They discuss Havana Syndrome reporting, the plausibility of directed-energy tools, and intelligence agency secrecy and trust issues.
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How Ayatollah Location Was Discovered
- CIA and Mossad used hacked city cameras and pattern-of-life tracking to locate Iran's top leadership, enabling a strike that unexpectedly gathered many leaders in one place.
- Bryan Dean Wright says the operation revealed and removed multiple leadership tiers, creating uncertainty about who to negotiate with next.
Why Proxy Strategies Won't Mirror Venezuela
- Using proxy forces in Iran is far more complex than Venezuela because Iran's ethnic, religious, and tribal divisions make control and loyalty unreliable.
- Wright warns arming Kurds risks fragmentation, rogue actions, and objections from Turkey and Baghdad.
What 'Boots On The Ground' Likely Looks Like
- Current Iran operations likely mirror Ukraine: intelligence and special forces enable targeted raids rather than full invasions, using local assets for pattern-of-life and targeting.
- Wright describes small Delta teams extracting nuclear material guided by CIA and Mossad networks on the ground.