All posts tagged "National Intelligence"

Trump's pick to temporarily take over as the country's top spy chief had a bizarre past, according to reports that dug up his old antics.

Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte used to host an event where people were slapped with sex toys, according to reporting by The Daily Beast. He was also accused of influencing Trump's posting of a Christ-like image of himself earlier this year, The Beast added.

Pulte, who's also the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, appeared at an event with internet influencer PP from "ThePPShow" and was awarded a novelty trophy saying "Bill Pulte F—" on one side and "Only the Young" on the other side, according to The Daily Beast, which noted it was in part a reference to a Taylor Swift song....

Trump's latest appointment is baffling and extremely dangerous, a political commentator warned Tuesday evening on CNN.

Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist and the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, was appointed as the acting Director of National Intelligence. Critics point out that he has no experience in intelligence, but Democratic political pundit Van Jones said it's worse than that.

"The main thing is something really bad could happen when you have people who are unprofessional, they're in there doing the wrong thing," Jones warned. "People can die in America."...