7 hours agoPentagon dismisss intelligence chief
Periskopi(10 months ago)
(10 months ago)US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon Intelligence Agency's chief, just weeks after a crash with the White House over a report on American attacks on Iran, reports the US media, reports the BBC. Senior general, Jeffrey Kruse, will no longer be in charge of the Intelligence Agency. [...]
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon Intelligence Agency's chief, just weeks after a crash with the White House over a report on American attacks on Iran, reports the US media, reports the BBC.
The top general, Jeffrey Kruse, will no longer be in charge of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). According to sources, two other top military commanders have fled their posts from the Pentagon.
The Department of Defence has yet to provide any official explanation for these downloads, Time-set.net follows.
In June, President Donald Trump had strongly opposed a DIA report that was published in the media, which reportedly had only managed to temporarily delay the Iranian nuclear programme for several months. The White House had called the report “completely wrong”.
Trump had declared that nuclear facilities in Iran were “completely destroyed” and had accused the media of trying to tarnish one of the most successful military blows in history.
During a NATO summit at the time, Hegseth had said that the report was based on “poor information” and had announced that the FBI was investigating the flow of information.
Krusey's departure was initially reported by the newspaper “Washington Post”.
DIA is part of the Pentagon and handles military intelligence collection to help the operations. It collects a lot of technical data, but it's different from agencies like the CIA.
It is learned that Hegseth has also ordered the dismissal of US sea reserve chief and Special Marine Forces Commander, according to “sourcesReuters”.
In a statement, US Senator Mark Warner warned that Krusey's dismissal was a sign that Trump sees intelligence as “proving loyalty” and not as a means to protect the country.
Trump has fired other officials before when their analysis was out of harmony with his views.
In July, he had requested the removal of Labour Statistics Director Erica McEntarfer, after a report showed that the growth of jobs had slowed.
In April, Trump had fired General Timothy Haughin, director of the National Security Agency (NSA), as well as dozens of National Security Council employees at the White House.
Hegseth's got some more military officials out of the Pentagon. In February, he fired Air Force General CQ Brown, along with five Admirals and other generals. /Periscopi/
