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Trump admin officials slam leaked bomb damage assessment indicating Iran could restart nuclear program within months: ‘Completely preposterous’
https://nypost.com ^ | June 24, 2025 | Victor Nava

Posted on 06/24/2025 7:31:24 PM PDT by bitt

Trump administration officials on Tuesday slammed a leaked preliminary intelligence assessment of the damage done to Iran’s nuclear facilities by weekend US airstrikes that the president has touted as a massive success.

The classified Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) bomb damage assessment — deemed a “low confidence” estimation of the effectiveness of Saturday’s strikes on the Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz sites — reportedly determined that Iran could bring its nuclear program back online as quickly as within one to two months, according to Fox News.

On the high end, estimates indicate that Iran could restart uranium enrichment within a year, according to those who viewed the DIA report.

CNN, which first reported on the leaked classified document, noted that assessments are ongoing and could change, but the DIA believes Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was not destroyed by the “bunker buster” bombs dropped on the nuclear facilities.

The White House strongly disagrees with the DIA’s preliminary assessment.

“This alleged ‘assessment’ is flat-out wrong and was classified as ‘top secret’ but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X.

“The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran’s nuclear program,” she added.

“Everyone knows what happens when you drop fourteen 30,000 pound bombs perfectly on their targets: total obliteration,” Leavitt argued.

The assessment was reportedly based on satellite images and electronic communications that have been intercepted since the strikes.

The report focuses on the damage done to the Fordow, a facility buried underneath mountains south of Tehran, which was hit by 14 Massive Ordnance Penetrators.

The DIA reportedly assessed that ..

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1 posted on 06/24/2025 7:31:24 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 06/24/2025 7:31:43 PM PDT by bitt (<IMG SRC=' 'WIDTH=30%>)
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To: bitt

“Leak” = “Lie”


3 posted on 06/24/2025 7:33:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: bitt

Make a fake intel report, then leak it.

Who are these geniuses?


4 posted on 06/24/2025 7:33:20 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: bitt

I wasn’t in favor of the Israeli attack. I sure wasn’t in favor of our Air Force getting involved.
But I think Trump managed to do it in a way that average Iranians approve of.
I had some conversations with some Iranians today. They were doctors. Not ones who left 45 years ago... but ones who have family there and often visit. Two were on vacation there seeing family when the bombs started falling.

They immediately split and managed to get to Egypt and out of there back to here. Both said they cannot contact people there now because of the spy hunting. But the ones I spoke to had no particular anger at Israel. And they left me with the idea that the Mullahs are about to fall, and that Trump was a genius and basically fatally injured the Mullah government without brutalizing normal Iranians.

It was -very- eye opening for me.


5 posted on 06/24/2025 7:34:33 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI….There’s really not much to)
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To: bitt

If this “leak” occurred during the Biden administration, it would have not been reported or labeled disinformation.


6 posted on 06/24/2025 7:35:46 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: bitt

The neocons will do anything to keep this war going.


7 posted on 06/24/2025 7:38:31 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: bitt

How could you possibly do an assessment without an on-site review? How deep do you need to dig in order to do such an assessment? I think it’ll be months before Iran even knows what they can salvage


8 posted on 06/24/2025 7:39:05 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: reasonisfaith

“Who are these geniuses?”

The traitors within...


9 posted on 06/24/2025 7:39:08 PM PDT by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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To: bitt

As soon as Jennifer Griffin reported it, we knew it was fake news.


10 posted on 06/24/2025 7:39:30 PM PDT by Fido969
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In short, he killed their program by killing the Mullah’s government.
I have changed my mind and I think the crazy SOB DJT actually did it. I think Iran is about to throw the Mullahs off and there won’t be a program anymore because they are going to wind up with a USA friendly government in a few months or even weeks.
If they want nuclear plants for power, we will probably be right there as partners. Not even hostile partners.

According to the Iranians I had a discussion with today, the B-2 Strike was genius. Knocked the legs out of the regime, and didn’t hurt normal good people. And it took out the Israeli excuse for more attacks.

And the people I spoke to also had no particular heartburn with Israel either. Amazing day for me.


11 posted on 06/24/2025 7:40:09 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI….There’s really not much to)
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The ones saying it was ineffective are the ones who want the bombing to continue.


12 posted on 06/24/2025 7:41:01 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI….There’s really not much to)
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Well, a true BDA that deep in isolated territory would be pretty useless without first hand evidence on the ground.

Where will that be provided from?


13 posted on 06/24/2025 7:41:20 PM PDT by baclava
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When Iran restarts it’s nuclear program, please post the GPS coordinates, please!


14 posted on 06/24/2025 7:42:10 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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I keep reminding myself that the report may have been prepared by the same gaggle of operatives who were associated with the fifty some odd spooks who signed the “Biden laptop is Russian disinformation” letter.
15 posted on 06/24/2025 7:44:36 PM PDT by asinclair (Indict DNC for RICO?)
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We could have sent 10 men like this and they would have taken Iran themselves.

Stolen Valor at Margate Florida Walmart
https://youtu.be/kMMd9rWG-Yc?si=emtUQ1JC9dr2ODsP


16 posted on 06/24/2025 7:45:03 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: bitt

Hunt the leakers down. Convince them to stop stealing oxygen.


17 posted on 06/24/2025 7:45:29 PM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: bitt

Several other agencies and Israel will also do assessments. They may vary. Too soon to know.


18 posted on 06/24/2025 7:45:37 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: bitt

Tulsi probably wrote it.


19 posted on 06/24/2025 7:47:19 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave e them.-S.Adams)
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To: alternatives?

Trying to think of any leaks during the Biden admin that reflected negatively on him or the admin in general.

I’ve got nothing.

Heck, somehow they kept it a complete secret that he couldn’t talk, walk or stay awake.


20 posted on 06/24/2025 7:48:23 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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