Pentagon fires intelligence chief after Iran attack assessment

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to the US media report, fired the Chief of the Intelligence Agency of the Pentagon’s intelligence agency only weeks after the reducing a report that evaluates the impact of the White House’s American strikes on Iran.

LT Gen Jeffery Kruse will no longer serve as the president of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The other two senior military commanders were dismissed by the Pentagon.

The Ministry of Defense did not present a statement about the fires immediately.

President Donald Trump in June He pushed it back In a leaked DIA report, which has determined that the attacks on Iran have brought back its nuclear program for months. The White House declared the assessment of the agency “wrong”.

Trump declared “completely destroyed” nuclear areas in Iran, and accused the media of “insulting one of the most successful military strikes in history”.

Speaking at the NATO summit at that time, Hegseth said that the report was made on “low intelligence” and that FBI was investigating the leak.

Kruse’s output was first reported by Washington Post. BBC contacted the Pentagon for comment.

DIA is part of the Pentagon and specializes in military intelligence to support operations. It collects a large amount of technical intelligence, but is different from other agencies such as CIA.

An anonymous source told Reuters on Friday, hegseth ordered the abolition of the US Naval Reserves Chief and Naval Special War Command Command.

US senator Mark Warner warned that Kruse’s dismissal is a sign that Trump is a sign that Trump is a dangerous habit in treating intelligence as a loyalty test instead of a protection for our country “.

Trump abolished a number of officials who contradicted the president.

In July, Trump said that after a report showed that business growth is slowing down, he ordered his team to dismiss Erika Mcentarfer of Business Statistics Commissioner Erika Mcentarfer.

And in April, Trump appointed General Timothy Hagh as the Director of the National Security Agency and more than a dozen staff at the White House National Security Council.

Hegset also pushed a series of military officials in the Pentagon. In February, the Air force dismissed with the other five admirals and generals expelled General CQ Brown.