Overview

• The leaked DIA assessment, drafted 36 hours after the strikes, flagged low confidence in its data and noted that it was prepared without full intelligence community coordination.
• A federal investigation has been opened to identify who disclosed the preliminary assessment to the press.
• In a heated Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth excoriated outlets such as CNN and NBC for reporting what he called half-truths to undermine the narrative of a decisive victory.
• The June operation employed B-2 bombers to deliver Massive Ordnance Penetrators to Iran’s Fordow and Natanz facilities and is credited by President Trump with securing a short ceasefire.
• Iran fired ballistic missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in retaliation, caused no U.S. casualties thanks to advance warnings, and the U.S. has not conducted any follow-up operations inside Iran.