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President Donald Trump’s controversial new intelligence chief is clearing house, and career officers warn the man swinging the axe doesn’t know what he’s cutting.<\/p>\n

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Bill Pulte, Trump’s loyal acting director of national intelligence, began notifying dozens of intelligence officials of their terminations Thursday, part of a downsizing Trump ordered when he installed Pulte at the office two weeks ago, MS NOW reported Friday. An intelligence official, who spoke anonymously citing fear of reprisal, told the outlet that leadership is targeting workers it believes are “deep state” and accused them of failing to hand up a complete picture of available intelligence.<\/p>\n

But former officials aren’t buying his rationale. <\/p>\n

Several told MS NOW they had never heard of intelligence officers withholding information from their superiors. <\/p>\n

“The premise is absurd,” one said. Another questioned how Pulte, who ran the federal housing agency and has no intelligence background, could reach such a conclusion within days of arriving.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have a real question of how he would know this. This isn\u2019t a guy who is familiar with intelligence,\u201d a former official told the outlet. \u201cHow is he going to get to the bottom of this and rely on any information with a matter of fidelity? It would be like me taking over a hospital and firing dozens of surgeons in a matter of days.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cuts follow Pulte’s earlier removal of six political appointees who served under his predecessor, Tulsi Gabbard. His arrival has drawn alarm across party lines: he took the post without ever holding a security clearance, and he can stay in the acting role past November’s midterms under federal vacancy rules. Critics note his office doesn’t collect intelligence of its own, relying instead on the CIA, the NSA and more than a dozen other agencies to supply it.<\/p>\n

Democrats and some Republicans fear the purge is less about efficiency than about clearing out analysts who might resist Trump’s election claims. The ODNI says it is providing “elite, apolitical intelligence that keeps America safe.”<\/p>\n

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