According to a report, following Saturday’s bombing an early u.s. defense department intelligence assessment into the extent of the damage to Iran’s nuclear sites in Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan reported that Iran’s nuclear programme was not destroyed but only set back by months. Reportedly, anonymous sources familiar with the defence intelligence agency evaluation told cbs news that Iran’s centrifuges (devices that enrich uranium) are largely intact, that the impact was limited to above ground structures and Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was not destroyed. According to the report, the Whitehouse said the wrong assessment was leaked by a loser in the intelligence community.
Reportedly, it is unclear from satellite images how much damage the three sites sustained below the surface, and sources said that enriched uranium had been moved and the sites had been evacuated prior to the attack.
According to the report, the u.s. has 18 intelligence agencies which sometimes have conflicting reports (and the differences of opinion may sometimes be political), for instance, the u.s. intelligence community are still not in agreement about the origins of covid 19.