29 MAY 2026: Iran Attacks U.S. Vessels (Again) // U.S. Markets & Consumers Shrug at War // Stark Warning on Digital Exhaust // CIA Hands Out Gold Bars Like Candy? // Quantum Revolution: The Beginning episode artwork

EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 23 MIN

29 MAY 2026: Iran Attacks U.S. Vessels (Again) // U.S. Markets & Consumers Shrug at War // Stark Warning on Digital Exhaust // CIA Hands Out Gold Bars Like Candy? // Quantum Revolution: The Beginning

from The Wright Report · host Bryan Dean Wright

Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he covers today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this Friday Headline Brief of The Wright Report, Bryan tracks fresh Iranian missile attacks on US merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz, even as Washington and Tehran reportedly agree to a 60-day ceasefire extension. Bryan walks through the strange split-screen of war and optimism, with US stock markets hitting all-time highs and Southwest Airlines reporting strong consumer demand, while Trump's approval numbers still sag under the weight of the Iran conflict and lingering inflation. He also breaks down a chilling Reuters report that adversaries are buying US service members' digital exhaust on the open market, and delivers a scathing insider analysis of the David Rush case, the former CIA officer who allegedly conned the Agency out of $40 million in gold bars and cash, with Bryan tying it back to the CIA's broken recruitment philosophy of hiring C students. Plus, Bryan closes the week with a deep look at the Quantum Revolution, why Trump just steered $2 billion to IBM and others, and why whoever masters quantum computing first may end up master of the planet. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32   Keywords: Bryan Dean Wright, The Wright Report, Friday Headline Brief, Iran attack US ships, Strait of Hormuz, IRGC missile strike, Bandar Abbas, Iran ceasefire extension, US stock market highs, Southwest Airlines consumer demand, Trump approval rating, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza 70 percent, Israel Palestinian war, US service members targeted, digital exhaust, commercial data brokers, Pentagon Google Chrome warning, David Rush CIA fraud, CIA gold bars scandal, CIA recruitment failures, John Ratcliffe, CIA reform, Quantum Revolution, quantum computing, qubits, superposition, IBM quantum, Trump quantum investment, China quantum race, AI and quantum computing

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