Sebastian Gorka, Trump's counterterrorism adviser, has repeatedly promised to release a national counterterrorism strategy since last spring but has not delivered it, despite multiple public declarations that a plan was imminent. This comes as the administration has fired roughly 300 counterterrorism specialists and purged an Iran-monitoring unit days before launching military operations against Iran — a series of moves national security officials warn has stripped the intelligence community of expertise needed to counter emerging threats. The gap between Gorka's promises and actual preparation raises concerns among former officials that any eventual strategy will reflect ideology over intelligence at a moment when the Iran conflict has elevated domestic terrorism risks.