Maintenance in progress

bill pulte, trump's acting director of national intelligence, arrived at odni headquarters one day early on june 19 and immediately requested a complete employee roster, signaling intent to conduct mass firings. pulte assumed the acting role after the senate blocked fast-track confirmation of the original nominee jay clayton. the combination of irregular arrival, immediate personnel data request, and the bypassed confirmation process represents compressed administrative pressure on the us intelligence apparatus from an actor without a confirmed mandate.

washington dc press corps, us federal government reporting