WASHINGTON– The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, has been eliminated from his post; the most recent sudden separation by elderly noncombatant and army authorities.
“We can confirm that Lt. Gen. Kruse is no more the Director of the Protection Intelligence Company. Replacement Supervisor Christine Bordine assumes the role of Performing Director of DIA reliable immediately,” a DIA agent told Breaking Defense today, referring additional questions to the Pentagon. A DoD representative verified Kruse’s elimination but did not comment further.
Kruse had actually remained in the placement since February 2024 after a consultation by then-President Joe Biden, indicating his exit comes well short of the common about three-year uploading Before that he worked as the Director of National Knowledge’s army events advisor, following a lengthy profession in army intelligence. The Washington Blog post first reported Kruse’s ouster.
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It’s vague what triggered Kruse’s elimination. The Blog post noted, however, that it comes weeks complying with reports relating to a first DIA assessment of US airstrikes versus targets in Iran that did not align with President Donald Trump’s claim– repeated by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth– that Iran’s nuclear capacity had been “eliminated.”
Extra generally, Kruse adheres to a host of elderly civilian and military leaders that have actually been shown the door by the new administration, from the head of the National Security Company to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of the Navy
Today the DIA uploaded on X that Kruse had actually lately held Director of National Knowledge Tulsi Gabbard as part of an intelligence police officers seminar.