US EditionPentagon Fires Intelligence Head Over Iran Strike Assessment
Gen. Jeffrey Kruse was dismissed due to loss of confidence following a leaked assessment that US airstrikes only delayed Iran's nuclear program by months, contrasting Trump's claims.
- On Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, citing a loss of confidence; Deputy Director Christine Bordine will serve as acting director until a successor is confirmed.
- After the June 22 strikes, the DIA's leaked assessment concluded the airstrikes set back Iran's nuclear program by only a few months, contradicting President Donald Trump's claim the sites were `obliterated` and prompting the White House to denounce it as `flat out wrong`.
- Officials say the DIA's slow MARS development frustrated the White House, while Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency called the agency `bloated` earlier this year.
- The firing adds to a pattern of dismissals that has unnerved lawmakers and former officials, with Senator Mark Warner warning this year's shakeup treats intelligence as a "loyalty test" and includes multiple senior military officers and intelligence leaders.
- The FBI is probing the leak while Pete Hegseth defended the strikes and labeled the DIA report `low intelligence`; critics warn sidelining dissent risks politicizing intelligence.
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Hegseth fires intelligence boss after Trump angered by Iran strike damage report
The firing of the head of the US Defense Intelligency Agency (DIA) Lieutenant General Jeffery Kruse comes after the DIA produced a preliminary assessment that said US strikes on Iran set back Tehran's nuclear program by just a few months.
Hegseth sacks US defence intelligence chief; his Iran strike assessment angered Trump
Hegseth has dismissed Defence Intelligence Agency chief Lt Gen Jeffery Kruse in a major Pentagon shake-up, following a clash with the White House over an assessment of strikes on Iran.
More US intelligence officials fired allegedly because they dissented with Trump
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of American damage to Iranian nuclear sites angered President Donald Trump, according to sources quoted by AP. However, Reuters reports the reasons for the dismissal are unknown. Two people familiar with the decision and a White House official told AP, on condition of anonymity because they were… Source
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired the head of the Pentagon Intelligence Agency, General Jeffrey Kruse, who had declared his scepticism about the effectiveness of the June bombing campaign by the U.S. Army against Iran's nuclear facilities, the so-called Midnight Hammer Operation. Contrary to the White House's view that the bombings were an overwhelming success, the Pentagon agency's initial assessment concluded that the campaign h…
US Defense Ministry fires intelligence chief over Iran attack assessment
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the head of the Pentagon's intelligence agency today, weeks after the White House condemned a report assessing the impact of US strikes on Iran.
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