US lawmakers are alarmed that Bill Pulte, a housing official with no intelligence experience, is poised to take charge of one of the government's most powerful surveillance tools.
An attempt to negotiate a three-week extension on the nation’s warrantless spy powers is already facing objections from Democrats. Efforts to fast-track an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until July 2 were largely rejected by Democrats unless President Trump rescinds the appointment of Bill Pulte as acting Director of…
An attempt to negotiate a three-week extension on the nation’s warrantless spy powers is already facing objections from Democrats. Efforts to fast-track an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until July 2 were largely rejected by Democrats unless President Trump rescinds the appointment of Bill Pulte as acting Director of…
A key foreign intelligence authority is set to expire this Friday unless it is renewed by Congress. The nomination of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director Bill Pulte to serve as the nation’s next top intelligence officer has placed the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in peril. Senate Democrats…
A key foreign intelligence authority is set to expire this Friday unless it is renewed by Congress. The nomination of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director Bill Pulte to serve as the nation’s next top intelligence officer has placed the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in peril. Senate Democrats…
The U.S. failed to "take Vienna" in the Iran conflict, resulting in an undeterred and belligerent Iran that has been awarded a vote in deciding the control of the most strategically important commercial chokepoint in the world.
The U.S. failed to "take Vienna" in the Iran conflict, resulting in an undeterred and belligerent Iran that has been awarded a vote in deciding the control of the most strategically important commercial chokepoint in the world.
Lawmakers warn appointment of presidential loyalist will scuttle bipartisan agreement to renew Fisa surveillance law
Donald Trump stood firm on his decision to install the controversial loyalist Bill Pulte as the country’s top intelligence official, demanding Congress pass a short-term extension of a surveillance law set to expire amid intense criticism of the appointment.
Pulte has been asked “to execute the immediate and needed downsizing” of the office of the director of national intelligence, the US president declared on Wednesday, after lining him up to serve as acting director on a temporary basis.
Pressure is growing on President Trump to back down from his controversial move to appoint Bill Pulte to lead the intelligence community in order to safeguard another priority— renewing America’s warrantless spy powers. A growing number of Democrats have threatened to not renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) — even on…
Pressure is growing on President Trump to back down from his controversial move to appoint Bill Pulte to lead the intelligence community in order to safeguard another priority— renewing America’s warrantless spy powers. A growing number of Democrats have threatened to not renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) — even on…
The Pentagon has barred Chinese tech giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD and search engine Baidu from getting U.S. defense contracts by adding them to its list of Chinese military companies operating in America. The Defense Department on Monday published an updated list of non-state-owned Chinese companies that, while not in traditional defense or security sectors, are…
The Pentagon has barred Chinese tech giant Alibaba, electric car maker BYD and search engine Baidu from getting U.S. defense contracts by adding them to its list of Chinese military companies operating in America. The Defense Department on Monday published an updated list of non-state-owned Chinese companies that, while not in traditional defense or security sectors, are…
The looming deadline to renew the nation’s warrantless spy powers is clashing with a pressure campaign on the White House to yank the appointment of Bill Pulte, a controversial figure tapped to lead the intelligence community. A growing number of Democrats have said they will not vote to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence…
The looming deadline to renew the nation’s warrantless spy powers is clashing with a pressure campaign on the White House to yank the appointment of Bill Pulte, a controversial figure tapped to lead the intelligence community. A growing number of Democrats have said they will not vote to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence…
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said conversations are taking place over President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting national intelligence director as the GOP leader seeks to rally senators to extend a key spy powers law, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, by the end of the week. “All I know…