US EditionTrump’s Purge of National Security Agencies Continues
Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse's dismissal is part of a broader Trump administration purge targeting officials seen as politically opposed, aiming to reduce government size and budget.
- On Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, though officials said the reason was unclear.
- Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard earlier this week revoked security clearances for 37 current and former U.S. intelligence professionals and announced slashing her office by more than 40% by October 1.
- Earlier this year, removals included Air Force General C.Q. Brown with five other admirals and generals in February and General Timothy Haugh plus more than a dozen White House national security council staff in April.
- Senator Mark Warner warned that the firings risk treating intelligence as a loyalty test, while officials say reasons for the recent dismissals remain unknown, leaving senior posts vacant.
- Security clearance moves and staffing cuts underscore the Trump administration's effort to shrink the federal budget and punish perceived 'politicization or weaponization' within national security agencies during its second term.
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The campaign of purges by the US administration continues unceasingly. This time, the report on raids against Iran's nuclear program seems to have weighed down.
A former national security adviser raided, the chief of military intelligence dismissed, or a governor of the EDF threatened to be fired: Donald Trump attacks in force all those who contradict him.
In latest purge, Hegseth removes head of Pentagon intelligence agency, other senior officials - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the head of the Pentagon’s intelligence agency and two other senior military commanders, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, the latest move by President Donald Trump’s administration to purge officials at the Pentagon.
The last controversial purge in the Pentagon has to do with a report that led to the opposite of Donald Trump: the U.S. Department of Defense has fired Jeffrey Kruse, the general who so far led the Defense Intelligence Agency, an agency that produced a preliminary intelligence analysis that deviated from Trump's insistence that a U.S. military operation had "completely destroyed" Iran's nuclear program. Shortly after that attack, the U.S.'s larg…
Then it's crazy again. US President Donald Trump and his administration have once again taken the knife and fired a number of top people – this time in the Pentagon.
Head of Pentagon’s intelligence agency fired, officials say | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The head of the Pentagon’s intelligence agency has been fired, two U.S. officials told Reuters today, a move the top Democratic lawmaker on the Senate intelligence committee slammed as the latest example of politicizing intelligence by President Donald Trump’s administration.
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