Bangladesh, June 27 -- US President Donald Trump has launched a fierce political counterattack in the wake of leaked intelligence reports undermining his administrations claims about the success of recent military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Accusing Congressional Democrats of orchestrating the leak of a classified intelligence assessment, Trump has called for their prosecution and threatened sweeping changes to intelligence-sharing protocols with lawmakers.

The controversy erupted after multiple news outlets, including CNN, cited a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report that contradicted the White Houses triumphant portrayal of the June 20 airstrikes on three of Irans nuclear sites. The Trump administration had hailed the s...