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The Pentagon fired its intelligence agency chief and two other senior military officers, weeks after the White House rejected a report that suggested American strikes on Iran had set its nuclear capabilities back just months. The agency’s leaked report contradicted US President Donald Trump, who said Tehran’s nuclear ambitions were “obliterated.” The ousters come amid a widening purge of US …

Rachel Muller-Heyndyk BBC News Reuters Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s intelligence agency chief, just weeks after a White House rebuke of a review assessing the impact of American strikes on Iran. Lt Gen Jeffery Kruse will no longer serve …

In latest purge, Hegseth removes head of Pentagon intelligence agency, other senior officials  Reuters Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse  The Washington Post Hegseth fires top US general after Iran assessment that angered Trump  The Guardian US general whose report on Iran nuclear sites angered Trump fired  Al Jazeera Hegseth fires Defense Intelligence Agency chief, other senior Pentagon officials  Fox …

Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse  The Washington Post Hegseth fires general whose agency’s intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump  CNN Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief  The New York Times Defense intel boss Jeffrey Kruse ousted  Axios Hegseth reportedly fires the DIA chief, pushing Pentagon purge to a ridiculous new level  MSNBC News Source link

Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief  The New York Times Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse  The Washington Post Hegseth fires general whose agency’s intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump  CNN Defense intel boss Jeffrey Kruse ousted  Axios Hegseth reportedly fires the DIA chief, pushing Pentagon purge to a ridiculous new level  MSNBC News Source link

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, the head of the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency, according to White House and Pentagon officials, another in a raft of senior officers who have been removed under Hegseth’s watch. The firing follows an initial assessment by the agency in June indicating that strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities …

A U.S Navy sailor was convicted Wednesday of espionage after he sold Navy secrets to a Chinese intelligence officer, federal officials said. Jinchao Wei, a 25-year-old who also goes by Patrick Wei, was found guilty of six crimes, including conspiracy to commit espionage, espionage, and unlawful export of, and conspiracy to export, technical data related to defense articles in violation …

Gabbard Plan Would Shrink Intelligence Center Focused on Election Threats  The New York Times Tulsi Gabbard announces plans to cut intelligence staff by half  BBC The US in brief: Gabbard shrinks her own office  The Economist Gabbard to cut ODNI staff by nearly 50 percent  Politico Gabbard announces more cuts to top US intelligence agency  CNN Source link

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has announced plans to cut the agency’s staff by almost 50% as she organises the office. Gabbard, announcing the cuts, said the agency had become “bloated and inefficient” over the last two decades. Its annual budget will also be reduced by $700m, she said. She said the “serious changes” would consolidate teams across the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence will dramatically reduce its workforce and cut its budget by more than $700 million annually, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. The move amounts to a major downsizing of the office responsible for coordinating the work of 18 intelligence agencies, including on counterterrorism and counterintelligence, as President Donald Trump has …