REUTERS An assessment by Washington’s intelligence agencies produced before the U.S. attacked Iran found that even a large-scale assault would be unlikely to achieve one of President Donald Trump’s top objectives. A classified report by the National Intelligence Council, described to The Washington Post by three sources familiar with its contents, found that Iran would respond to the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by following protocols designed to preserve continuity of power—regardless of whether an attack narrowly targeted leaders or broadly assaulted Iranian leadership and institutions. The assessment also found it unlikely for Iran’s fractured opposition to take control of the country. Read more at The Daily Beast.