Pentagon fires intelligence chief after Iran attack assessment

Defense Minister Beit Higseth, head of the Pentagon Intelligence Agency, launched only weeks after the White House reprimanding a report that establishes the impact of American strikes on Iran, the American media report.

Lieutenant -General Jeffrey Kroos will not be a head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), reports indicate. Two major military commanders were expelled by the Pentagon.

The Ministry of Defense did not provide any immediate explanation about the shooting.

In June, President Donald Trump He has pushed back Strongly on the leaked DIA report found that the attacks on Iran had only prepared its nuclear program. The White House announced the evaluation of the agency, “Flat Episode”.

Trump announced that the nuclear sites in Iran were “completely destroyed”, and accused the media of “an attempt to cancel one of the most successful military strikes in history.”

Speaking at the NATO summit at the time, Higseth said that the report was submitted on “decreased intelligence” and that the FBI was looking to leak.

Cross was first reported by the Washington Post. BBC called the Pentagon to comment.

Dis is part of the Pentagon and specializes in military intelligence to support operations. It collects large quantities of artistic intelligence, but it is distinguished from other agencies such as the CIA.

An unknown source told Reuters on Friday that Higseth had also ordered the removal of the head of the US Naval Reserves and the commander of the Special Naval War Command.

In a statement, American Senator Mark Warner warned that the dismissal of Kross was a sign that Trump had “a dangerous habit in treating intelligence as a loyalty test rather than protecting our country.”

Trump removed a number of officials whose analysis is seen as a dispute with the president.

In July, Trump said he ordered his team to dismiss the Labor Statistics Commissioner, Erika Minarker, “immediately”, after a report showed that job growth had slowed down.

In April, Trump launched Trump Timothy Hooi as director of the National Security Agency, along with more than ten employees of the National Security Council at the White House.

Higseth also paid a number of Pentagon’s military officials. In February, the General Air Force was shot CQ Brown, which was rejected with five Admiral and other generals.