
Matt Gutman
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Matt Gutman
@CBSMATTGUTMAN
I travel places, listen to people and tell their stories. Chief National Correspondent for CBS News. Check out: https://t.co/2p1G72vJKx




Was at the WH Correspondents dinner last night, a rare DC trip for me without a subpoena. On the positive side—was exciting, no one was killed, and ended early. I noted a new litmus for status among the gov’t elite—whether you were whisked away by secret service, or left to fend.







🚨 New details from the rescue of the weapons systems officer in Iran: -As the special forces approached "go" time to get him off the mountain, several things happened. Centcom and JSOC received some messages from him. One was a four-digit number. "We said, 'What is he talking about?'" The team asked the person with the officer's radio a question about his dad only the officer would know. -For hours, US bombers had been pounding Iranian targets, including one bunker with 50 IRGC leaders in it, and another bunker sheltering a commander. -After Hegseth greenlit the second rescue operation, he told those with him he wanted to read something he thought reflected what the officer was going through. It was from Exodus. -The team was in touch with the weapons systems officer’s wife. They read her in on a deception operation CIA and Centcom were running. -Trump's team agonized over the clock, watching enemy forces nearing the mountain. Five kilometers away. Three kilometers away. "Every single minute was excruciating." @JimLaPorta and me: cbsnews.com/projects/2026/…







After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.




