The U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed Lt Gen Jeffery Kruse, head of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), in what many observers see as a direct fallout from a bitter clash between the Pentagon, the White House, and the intelligence community over assessments of Iran’s nuclear programme.
The move, confirmed by U.S. media, follows weeks of tension after a leaked DIA report contradicted President Donald Trump’s claims about the effectiveness of U.S. strikes on Iran.
According to reports, Lt Gen Jeffery Kruse will no longer serve as director of the DIA, an agency central to military intelligence operations.
- Two other senior commanders—the chief of U.S. Naval Reserves and the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command—were also ousted.
- The Pentagon has not provided an official explanation, but insiders link the decision to long-simmering frustrations over “disloyal” intelligence.
The Washington Post first reported Kruse’s removal, while Reuters added that Defence Secretary Hegseth personally ordered the shake-up.
The dismissals stem from a June DIA report that undercut Trump’s triumphalism:
- The assessment found that U.S. strikes had only delayed Iran’s nuclear programme by months, not “completely destroyed” it as Trump claimed.
- The White House dismissed the findings as “flat out wrong.”
- Trump accused the media of trying to “demean one of the most successful military strikes in history.”
At the NATO summit, Hegseth called the report based on “low intelligence” and revealed that the FBI was investigating the leak.
Kruse’s ouster is the latest in a pattern of Trump-era dismissals of officials who challenge his narratives:
- July 2025 – Trump ordered the firing of Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer after a jobs report showed slowed growth.
- April 2025 – Trump fired NSA Director General Timothy Haugh and more than a dozen National Security Council staff.
- February 2025 – Hegseth dismissed Air Force General C. Q. Brown along with five admirals and generals.
This sequence has raised alarms about the White House viewing intelligence and data as loyalty tests rather than objective safeguards.
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