From Fox News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which issued an assessment on U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, as well as other senior military officials.
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the DIA, a senior defense official told Fox News Digital on Friday.
The firing came months after DIA details of the preliminary assessment of Operation Midnight Hammer were leaked to the news media. The assessment questioned the effectiveness of the strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
After the June strikes, President Donald Trump said Iran’s nuclear program had been “completely and fully obliterated.” However, the DIA found that the strikes only set Tehran back a few months.
Hegseth also fired Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, the chief of the Navy Reserve, and Rear Adm. Milton Sands, a Navy SEAL officer who oversees Naval Special Warfare Command, in addition to Kruse.
A Navy official released the following statement: “Effective immediately, Rear Admiral Milton ‘Jamie’ Sands III will no longer serve as Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command. Effective immediately, Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore will no longer serve as the Chief of Navy Reserve.”
🚨Alert: War Secretary Pete Hegseth has officially fired the Biden head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, General Jeffrey Kruse!
General Kruse is the one who produced the “preliminary” report on the Iranian strikes that were LEAKED to the media! pic.twitter.com/jCQl5mzSiN
— US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) August 22, 2025
In addition to the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Kruse; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth today also removed both VADM Nancy S. Lacore, Chief of the Naval Reserve, and RADM Milton J. Sands III, the Commander of the United States Naval… pic.twitter.com/PedOQZh8YJ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) August 22, 2025
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