Dossier
US Intelligence Community
Coverage of US Intelligence Community in the Nexus archive.
- Trump urges new spy chief Pulte to gut US intelligence community
US President Donald Trump has instructed incoming acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to reduce staff, sparking controversy over Pulte's lack of prior intelligence experience. Pulte, currently leading the Federal Housing Finance Agency, was appointed by Trump to the intelligence role, with Trump expressing openness to staff cuts.
- US intel community agreed before war 'Iran wasn't developing a nuclear weapon': ex-counterterrorism chief
Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent stated that the US intelligence community agreed Iran wasn't developing a nuclear weapon before the war. The US was warned that targeting Iranian leadership would strengthen the regime. Kent criticized Israel's influence on the US decision to go to war.