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But Gabbard is setting the record straight. In a fiery statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), she accused the corporate press of twisting classified information to serve a political agenda.
“New intelligence confirms what [President Trump] has stated numerous times: Iran’s nuclear facilities have been destroyed. If the Iranians chose to rebuild, they would have to rebuild all three facilities (Natanz, Fordow, Esfahan) entirely, which would likely take years to do,” Gabbard declared.
She didn’t stop there. Gabbard exposed the media’s tactic of manipulating the narrative by omitting key context—namely that the DIA report cited was tagged as “low confidence,” meaning it wasn’t a definitive judgment but rather a tentative early read.
“The propaganda media has deployed their usual tactic: selectively release portions of illegally leaked classified intelligence assessments (intentionally leaving out the fact that the assessment was written with ‘low confidence’) to try to undermine President Trump’s decisive leadership and the brave servicemen and women who flawlessly executed a truly historic mission to keep the American people safe and secure,” she added.
At a NATO summit in the Netherlands, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth echoed Gabbard’s frustration. Speaking before international allies, he directly slammed CNN and the Times for what he called an “instinct” to discredit a successful military operation.
“These pilots, these refuelers, these fighters, these air defenders. The skill and the courage it took to go into enemy territory flying 36 hours on behalf of the American people and the world to take out a nuclear program. It is beyond what anyone in this audience can fathom,” Hegseth said proudly.
He continued, slamming the media’s coverage:
“Then the instinct of CNN and New York Times is to try to find a way to spin it for their own political reasons to try to hurt President Trump or our country.”
The Pentagon boss didn’t mince words when explaining what was really going on behind the scenes.
“So it was a flawless mission … Any assessment that tells you something otherwise is speculating with other motives. And we know that because when you actually look at the report — by the way, it was a top secret report — it was preliminary, it was low confidence. All right. … And we believe far more likely, severe and obliterated. So this is a political motive here.”
Hegseth also revealed that the FBI has launched an official probe into how the classified DIA assessment was leaked. He said that those responsible compromised not just national security, but also the integrity of American military success.
“Of course, we’re doing a leak investigation with the FBI right now because this information is for internal purposes. Battle damage assessments,” Hegseth emphasized. “And CNN and others are trying to spin it to make the president look bad when this was an overwhelming success.”
The White House also weighed in. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a blistering takedown of the leaker’s credibility.
“Anonymous, low-level loser,” she said bluntly, blasting the individual behind the leak and condemning the unauthorized release of sensitive information.
While the liberal media continues to peddle half-truths and speculation, key officials like Gabbard and Hegseth are holding the line—defending the mission, defending the troops, and exposing the deliberate political games being played at the expense of national security.
