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.”
US defense intelligence chief fired amid widening purge
Aug 24, 2025, 8:35am PDT
Annabelle Gordon/Reuters
The ousters come amid a widening purge of US national security officials, The Washington Post wrote: Trump’s former national security adviser’s home was raided by the FBI last week, while intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard revoked more than three dozen former and current officials’ security clearance.
Gabbard has spoken about trying to de-politicize the intelligence community,” the Post’s White House bureau chief said. But this “gives the sense of political retribution.”
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