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AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Acting DNI Pulte announces 30% staff cut at intelligence office as Senate moves to confirm Clayton

Acting Director of National Intelligence William Pulte announced a fifth wave of staff reductions at the nation's top intelligence office on Tuesday, the same day the Senate prepared to vote on confirming his permanent replacement. Pulte, who took over the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on June 19 at President Trump's direction, posted […] The post Acting DNI Pulte announces 30% staff cut at intelligence office as Senate moves to confirm Clayton appeared first on American Almanac .

Acting Director of National Intelligence William Pulte announced a fifth wave of staff reductions at the nation's top intelligence office on Tuesday, the same day the Senate prepared to vote on confirming his permanent replacement. Pulte, who took over the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on June 19 at President Trump's direction, posted on X that his team was "Executing a 5th and Near Final Round of TERMINATIONS, an approximately 30% Staff Reduction from Weeks Ago." The announcement came just hours before the Senate was slated to vote on confirming Jay Clayton, the U.S. District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, as the permanent DNI nominee. The rapid-fire downsizing, five rounds in roughly a month,…Open

NYTIMES (Julian E. Barnes and Dustin Volz) - Trump’s Spy Chief Spends Final Hours in Job Boasting of Mass Firings

Bill Pulte, the acting director of national intelligence, said he has terminated nearly a third of the officials in his office, but others doubt the figures are accurate.

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Pulte Moves to Gut Intel Bureaucracy on Day One as Acting DNI.

Bill Pulte, newly appointed as Acting Director of National Intelligence, initiated significant staff reductions on his first day.

Bill Pulte, newly appointed as Acting Director of National Intelligence, initiated significant staff reductions on his first day. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Bill Pulte , the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the new Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI), has begun implementing mass firings at the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) on his first official day in the DNI role. DETAIL: Reports state that Pulte arrived at the agency a day early on June 18, requested a list of employees, and met with agency lawyers as he prepared personnel decisions. The move comes after President Donald J. Trump nominated former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton to serve as DNI last week, amid…Open