Trump’s Acting DNI Begins Making Steep Personnel Cuts to Office

Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has begun restructuring the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, removing several political appointees and returning dozens of career intelligence officers to their home agencies as the Trump administration moves to reduce the size of the government’s top intelligence coordinating office.

Advertisement Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. , chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, defended the personnel changes on Wednesday, disputing claims that the office was carrying out “mass firings.”