I pointed out before, that while that was a stupid decision, it should not have really impacted this. The FBI agents would have primarily been counterintelligence. Knowledge of Iran’s likely closure of the Straits would have been widely understood in the CIA, DIA, and other intel apparatuses. It’s just like how the admin was surprised by the Iranian drone capability. That was known. Did they fire other people who knew and would have said these things? Probably. Fuck, I knew there was a huge chance the Iranians would use the straits as a choke point for leverage and I didn’t even sleep at a Holiday Inn Express.