Hegseth fires general whose agency’s intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump
Washington (AP) – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, his agency First Intelligence Assessment Iran that we harm the nuclear areas President Donald TrumpAccording to two people who are familiar with the White House official.
According to people speaking about the condition of anonymity on Friday, Lieutenant Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as the president of the US Defense Intelligence Agency.
Hegset also expelled Nancy Lacore, the chief of the navy reserve, and a navy seal officer who controls the Navy Special War Command.
No reason was given for their fever, in a series of steps Targeting military leadersIntelligence officials and other perceived critics of Donald Trump He requested loyalty throughout the government. In the administration SAFETY BENEFITS This week is an additional and one of the former national security guards.
Together, moves can relieve the opposition and send a signal against reaching the consequences of Trump’s interests.
Trump directed the agency’s first findings to the USA to Iran
Kruse’s fire comes two months after the details of the preliminary assessment. USA Air attacks against Iran He infiltrated the media. He found that Iran’s nuclear program was taken back only a few months with military effort, Conflicting allegations from Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Republican President, who pronounced the Iran program as “completely and completely destroyed”, rejected the report. Frequently repeated criticism of the dial analysis built on it Long -standing intelligence assessments insecurityHe said that Russia intervened in the 2016 elections in 2017.
The office of the National Intelligence Director, responsible for coordinating the work of 18 intelligence organizations including DIA Classification Annual Documents He aimed to arouse suspicion of previous findings.
Following the June strikes in the nuclear area of three Iran, Hegseth press lambed To focus on the preliminary assessment, but I did not offer direct evidence of the destruction of facilities.
Hegseth, “You mean to him, you mean being destroyed, you mean being defeated, you want to say that it has been destroyed – choose your word. This was a historical successful attack,” he said.
Democrats express their concerns about the consequences of key ignition
Although the Pentagon did not offer any details about the fire, the Democrats in the Congress have alarm on the precedent of Kruse’s intelligence community.
Senator Mark Warner from Virginia, Vice President of the Senate Intelligence Committee, underlines the dangerous habit of the Trump administration as a loyalty test instead of a protection of the Trump administration for our country, ”he said.
The representative of the House Intelligence Committee’s senior democracy Connecticut, Jim Himes, can assume that Kruse was fired, or “otherwise it was another political motivated decision to create a fear atmosphere in the intelligence community”.
Trump has a history of removing government officials Who did not participate in the data and analysis. At the beginning of this month, after a terrible job report, he expelled the official responsible for the data. Management also stopped Publishing reports about climate change– CANCELED STUDIES FOR VACCINE Access and removed Data on gender identity State sites.
Trump administration makes a series of military and intelligence changes
The new fires contribute to the new Trump administration changes in the intelligence community and new shaking into military leadership.
The National Intelligence Director’s office announced that it will be this week. He cut off his staff and budget And more security permission canceledA tactic used by the administration against the people he sees as an enemy. Pentagon is also the best uniformed officer of the Air Force. David Allvin, Planned to retire Two years early.
Hegseth and Trump were often aggressive to reject senior military officials without making an official statement.
There is management Fireful Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. The common chief of the General Staff and the senior officers of the Navy are the best lawyers for the second highest level officer of the Air Force and three military service branches.
Hegseth in April Gene. Dismissed Tim Haugh As the National Security Agency and Vice President. Shoshana chatfieldNATO is a senior official.
Pentagon has not been presented by a public statement for any fire, but some civil servants are believed to support diversity, equality and inclusion programs by management. Trump demanded state institutions Clear your dei efforts.
Kruse, Lacore and Sands Ousters have previously been reported by Washington Post.
