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Swede

(40,488 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:26 AM 6 hrs ago

Firings now underway at Office of Director of National Intelligence, source says

Putin has spoken.

The large-scale cuts that President Donald Trump’s acting director of national intelligence had been considering imposing at his own office started on Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

“The deep state firings have begun,” the source said, declining to give details on how many jobs had been cut.

Sources had previously told CNN that Bill Pulte, Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence in an acting capacity, was looking at cutting hundreds of jobs at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Last week, Pulte showed up to his new job a day early after asking for a list of every employee in the office, sources told CNN, catching even outgoing director Tulsi Gabbard off-guard.

A source familiar with the matter told CNN that the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) and the National Counterintelligence and Security Center were expected to be hit hard by the cuts. However, on Tuesday, the first source said the NCTC had not been impacted by the firings.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/22/politics/odni-firings-underway-bill-pulte

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Firings now underway at Office of Director of National Intelligence, source says (Original Post) Swede 6 hrs ago OP
Lemme guess who... Kid Berwyn 6 hrs ago #1
Anyone who doesn't abide by the golden rule: Baitball Blogger 6 hrs ago #4
Absolutely. Just one very, very incredibly small addition... Kid Berwyn 5 hrs ago #6
pls let there b some ppl of good conscience mopinko 6 hrs ago #2
Im sure this wont turn around and bite Trump Johonny 6 hrs ago #3
Our countries fabric is being RIPPED away every bluestarone 6 hrs ago #5
If everyone is unemployed, there will be no tax revenue! Zackzzzz 4 hrs ago #7
Just as Putin edhopper 4 hrs ago #8
What will it take? yellow dahlia 2 hrs ago #9
... orangecrush 2 hrs ago #10
Got to get rid of the last of Bettie 2 hrs ago #11

Baitball Blogger

(52,878 posts)
4. Anyone who doesn't abide by the golden rule:
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:59 AM
6 hrs ago

American white males shall not undergo the same level of scrutiny as everyone else.

Kid Berwyn

(25,468 posts)
6. Absolutely. Just one very, very incredibly small addition...
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:43 AM
5 hrs ago

...only morbidly wealthy American white males shall not undergo the same level of scrutiny as everyone else.

Pulte is an heir to a construction fortune bigger than than trump could ever gain, legally.

ETA: Reminds me of the Borgias, where one who also was Pope would pick out the rich fellows to back for bishopries, etc., prop up the enterprise with concessions, commissions and what-not. After the nobleman became super wealthy, Borgia would invite them over to the Ballroom for a big dinner and poison them. The Church -- Borgia, in those days -- would receive title to the deceased clerics' lands.

What a system.

bluestarone

(22,534 posts)
5. Our countries fabric is being RIPPED away every
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:00 AM
6 hrs ago

Second, every hour, every day with NO ONE able to stop them! I feel so helpless!

yellow dahlia

(6,860 posts)
9. What will it take?
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:10 PM
2 hrs ago

Are the RepugliCONS in Congress prepared to give up our national security?

Bettie

(19,986 posts)
11. Got to get rid of the last of
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:13 PM
2 hrs ago

the competent people!

I mean, intelligence agencies are best run by people without functioning brain cells, right?

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