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.
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“Leak” = “Lie”
Make a fake intel report, then leak it.
Who are these geniuses?
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.
If this “leak” occurred during the Biden administration, it would have not been reported or labeled disinformation.
The neocons will do anything to keep this war going.
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
“Who are these geniuses?”
The traitors within...
As soon as Jennifer Griffin reported it, we knew it was fake news.
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.
The ones saying it was ineffective are the ones who want the bombing to continue.
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?
When Iran restarts it’s nuclear program, please post the GPS coordinates, please!
We could have sent 10 men like this and they would have taken Iran themselves.
Stolen Valor at Margate Florida Walmart
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Hunt the leakers down. Convince them to stop stealing oxygen.
Several other agencies and Israel will also do assessments. They may vary. Too soon to know.
Tulsi probably wrote it.
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.
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