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New intel chief is a partisan warrior who has the president’s ear, sources say
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WASHINGTON, The partisan warrior named to serve as the country’s top intelligence official is part of a small circle of trusted allies who won President Donald Trump’s confidence by taking swift action against his prominent Democratic critics, according to three people with knowledge of Trump’s decision.
Key facts
- Pulte will oversee a network of 18 agencies, including the CIA and the National Security Agency, in a position created after 9/11 to consolidate and better share intelligence
- Those fears were reinforced after the National Intelligence Director’s Office obtained and examined voting machines from Puerto Rico and after Gabbard was on hand when FBI agents seized ballots
- The President chooses the best and most talented people to serve in his Cabinet,” Davis Ingle, a White House spokesman, said in a statement
- He gets things done and brings ideas to the president,” Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser who shaped Trump’s 2016 campaign and served in his first administration, told NBC News
Summary
Bill Pulte, the administration’s chief housing regulator, who is due to take over as acting director of national intelligence by the end of the month, has Trump’s ear, shares his sense of urgency and is a regular presence at the White House and at Trump’s properties in Florida, the people told NBC News. “Trump is always with Pulte and always saying we’re running out of time to get things done,” one of them said. Pulte, who will keep his current role as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has no known work experience in intelligence, the military or national security.