The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was fired Friday weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary bomb-damage assessment – that was leaked to the media – suggesting that US strikes on Iran only set back the rogue nation’s nuclear program by a few months.
The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was fired Friday weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary bomb-damage assessment – that was leaked to the media – suggesting that US strikes on Iran only set back the rogue nation’s nuclear program by a few months.
Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, who had led the military intelligence agency since February 2024, “will no longer serve as DIA Director,” a senior Defense Official told The Post.
DIA Deputy Director Christine Bordine is now listed as acting director on the agency’s website.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly fired Kruse over a “a loss of confidence” in the lieutenant general, two congressional officials told the New York Times.
The DIA’s classified, “low confidence” estimation of the effectiveness of the June 21 airstrikes on Iran’s Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear facilities was leaked to CNN three days after American B-2 stealth bombers and cruise missiles bombarded the sites.
