Overview

• The Defense Intelligence Agency confirmed Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse is out and said deputy Christine Bordine is serving as acting director effective immediately.
• Pentagon and White House officials described the DIA’s June assessment as preliminary, low confidence, and improperly leaked, while offering only a loss-of-confidence rationale for the firing.
• The initial DIA report indicated the strikes delayed Iran’s nuclear program by months, contradicting President Trump’s description of the sites as obliterated.
• Sen. Mark Warner criticized the move as treating intelligence like a loyalty test, reflecting bipartisan concerns about a chilling effect on independent analysis.
• Two senior Navy officers — Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore and Rear Adm. Milton Sands — were also reported relieved, continuing a broader wave of high-level removals across the military and intelligence ranks.