James Clapper: “Iranian officials, probably including supreme leader Ali Khamenei, have changed their calculus and are now willing to…”

Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.

It speaks to Putin's character, and his KGB background, having essentially lawless, mercenary group, a private army, responsible only to him.

I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.

I think right now, they're assessing the administration -- that's the National Security Council specifically, is assessing the impacts of this first round of strikes.