Trump taps housing finance director Pulte as acting director of national intelligence after Gabbard

Trump hands top intelligence role to loyalist with no national security experience

President names housing regulator Bill Pulte to oversee 18 intelligence agencies despite no known background in intelligence, defense, or military service, raising bipartisan concerns about experience, accountability, and political loyalty.

Bill Pulte, Trump’s New DNI Pick, Drives the Left Loony

Bill Pulte is already the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and Chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

It's Time to Abolish the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Now that Donald Trump has established himself as the worst president in the history of the United States, George W. Bush can breathe a sigh of relief.  After all, it was Bush the Younger who used the 9/11 attacks to engage in decades of illegal and unneeded warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan at great cost to American national security.  And it was Bush the Younger who established the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of…

Dems Make Power Move To Oust Shockingly Unqualified Pulte As DNI

Donald Trump’s appointment of the dangerously unqualified housing official and professional troll Bill Pulte to the position of acting director of national intelligence has rattled Republicans as well as Democrats. Since Pulte is the acting director, Trump has conveniently avoided what would likely be a losing Senate confirmation process. But Sen. Mark Warner, vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has found an ingenious way to pressur…

DNI Shake-Up: Housing Enforcer Takes Control

President Trump has tapped Bill Pulte — the hard-nosed housing regulator who oversaw more than $10 trillion in mortgage assets — to serve as the nation’s acting top spy chief, a surprise move that is already drawing fierce reactions from both sides of the aisle. Story Snapshot Trump announced on social media that Federal Housing...