The Defense Department is working with the FBI to investigate who leaked a classified assessment of the damage incurred by the U.S. bombings in Iran, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The focal point of the controversy is the Defense Intelligence Agency’s early assessment of the strike damage, which concluded that less damage was inflicted than President Donald Trump and Hegseth publicly said.
“Of course, we are doing a leak investigation with the FBI right now,” Hegseth said on Wednesday at the NATO summit. “CNN and others are trying to spin it to make the president look bad when this was an overwhelming success.”
CNN reported on the details of the assessment on Tuesday, though other outlets confirmed the existence of the initial assessment. Multiple administration
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