Lt. General Jeffrey Kruse has been ousted as Defense Intelligence Agency director, a senior defense official confirmed Friday.

"Lt Gen Kruse will no longer serve as DIA Director," the official said in a brief statement.

The agency's deputy director, Christine Bordine, will assumes the role of acting DIA director, a spokesperson said.

File: Lt. General Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, during a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations hearing in Washington, DC, May 15, 2025. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Intelligence committee leaders in Congress were informed about the DIA chief's firing, according to a source familiar with the notification, but were given no reason for it.

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia

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