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Pulte expected to stay at the Office of Director of National Intelligence after replacement is sworn in | CNN PoliticsActing Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte will remain in the office when his more permanent replacement, Jay Clayton, is sworn in, according to a source familiar with the matter.www.cnn.comOur executive director Larry Pfeiffer spoke with Sasha Ingber today about the call for investigations into a declassified China election interference document. open.substack.com/pub/sashaing...
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'Weird' China document flagged by ex-intel officials as 'tailor-made' to 'placate Trump'A three-page CIA document at the center of President Donald Trump's claims about Chinese election interference is drawing sharp scrutiny from former intelligence officials, who say it bears the hallma...www.rawstory.comTrump’s Spy Chief Spends Final Hours in Job Boasting of Mass Firings www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/u...
Trump’s Spy Chief Spends Final Hours in Job Boasting of Mass FiringsBill 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.www.nytimes.comFrom The Steady State—Assessment: Origin of the “Sensitive PRC Reporting 2018–2020” CIA Note open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Assessment: Origin of the “Sensitive PRC Reporting 2018–2020” NoteDocument consolidating all evidence layers and evaluating the plausible explanations — July 28, 2026open.substack.com“When intelligence is perceived to be used to support a political narrative rather than objectively inform policymakers, its value is diminished.” READ: The Steady State’s letter to Congress ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Documents Released in Conjunction with President Trump’s SpeechThe Steady Stateopen.substack.comThis one is concerning. And the official CIA statement in response sounds more like an admission of guilt than a reassuring explanation. www.ms.now/news/cia-not...
Former intel officials call for investigation into Trump's 2020 election document dumpOne of the 58 documents Trump declassified and published online is drawing scrutiny from former intelligence officials who want more public information about when and why it was written.www.ms.nowIf you read anything today, it should be this piece by Julia Curlee, recent CIA veteran www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
What They Want to Hear: The Politicization of U.S. IntelligenceA campaign of firings and clearance revocations is teaching the intelligence community that silence is the only job security.www.lawfaremedia.orgwww.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/u...
Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says (Gift Article)The previous supreme leader, who was killed early in the war, had renounced nuclear weapons. U.S. spy agencies believe his son is more interested in building a bomb.www.nytimes.comwww.bloomberg.com/news/article...
After Palantir Beef, US Withdraws Bid to Improve Military IntelA US government agency has withdrawn a bid to improve a military intelligence system that is at the heart of lethal targeting following a protest from Palantir Technologies Inc., according to people f...www.bloomberg.comGen Hayden joined fellow former CIA Director Leon Panetta and several national security leaders in an amici brief to a federal court case challenging Sec Hegseth's unprecedented waiving of the Endangered Species Act for national security reasons. READ MORE: democracyforward.org/news/press-r...
Broad Bipartisan Coalition of National Security and Environmental Experts Unites to Oppose Threat to Endangered Species ActDepartment of Defense Breaking From Decades of Collaboration to Protect National Security and Endangered Speciesdemocracyforward.org
