US EditionHegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse
- On August 22, 2025, the Trump administration dismissed Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse from his leadership role at the Defense Intelligence Agency, along with the removal of two high-ranking Navy officers.
- This removal followed DIA's preliminary June assessment that US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months, contradicting President Trump’s claim of total destruction.
- Kruse had led DIA since February 2024 after appointment by President Biden and recently hosted an intelligence conference including DNI Tulsi Gabbard before his abrupt dismissal.
- Mark Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, condemned the dismissal as indicative of an attempt to prioritize loyalty over the objective protection of national security.
- Kruse’s removal is part of a broader pattern of senior military and intelligence purges under Trump, raising concerns about politicization and impact on US intelligence expertise.
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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.
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…
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