US military intelligence shakeup after Iran report

This report, which has been widely reported in the press, differs significantly from Donald Trump's assertions that the attacks in question completely destroyed the targeted nuclear sites. Jeffrey Kruse "will no longer serve as director of the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency)," a senior military official said Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity. He did not provide a reason for the dismissal. Another official, who requested anonymity, said that two other senior officials, Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, chief of the Navy Reserve, and Rear Adm. Milton Sands, were also leaving their posts.

Since returning to power, Donald Trump has presided over the dismissal of multiple senior Pentagon officials, starting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown, who was dismissed in February without explanation. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Trump loyalist, defends the president's right to choose the military's leadership as he sees fit, but Democratic lawmakers have expressed concern about the military's potential politicization.

Pete Hegseth led the counterattack after the military intelligence report on the Iran strikes circulated in the press. He said the document "was leaked because someone wants to try to […] make it look like these historic strikes were not a success." Donald Trump, whom his former chief of staff had called a "wannabe dictator," has made loyalty the main recruitment criterion for his second term.