Overview

• The Pentagon and DIA confirmed Kruse will no longer serve as Defense Intelligence Agency director, with Deputy Director Christine Bordine taking over as acting chief effective immediately.
• Officials provided no detailed rationale for the move beyond citing a loss of confidence, offering no public explanation for the timing or cause.
• The DIA’s preliminary assessment, produced roughly 24 hours after U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites in June, judged the program was set back by only months.
• Later statements from the Defense Department and other officials asserted greater damage, with DoD saying the program was delayed by one to two years.
• Congressional intelligence leaders were notified without a reason, and Senate Intelligence Vice Chair Mark Warner condemned the ouster as politicizing analysis within a broader wave of senior removals.