Eric McDaniel
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first heard Mar 2026
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You know, it was unclear for a few hours, but President Trump actually addressed it in the Oval Office yesterday afternoon.
He said Pulte would still be there for, quote, a short while, although he didn't say how long.
It probably depends on that confirmation timeline.
Symbolically, it's a huge deal, but practically probably not a huge deal.
It's bad symbolically because it shows the president is making decisions in a way that make Congress's job really hard.
There's no reason he had to announce Pulte as the acting director of national intelligence when he did.
He could have waited until this was renewed.
He stepped on a rake for no reason, and it ultimately led to FISA expiring.
Practically, though, FISA can still be used for many months under existing court authorization.
So unless telecom companies stop providing electronic communications to the government, which I think is unlikely but not totally impossible, the government will still be able to use it without issue to keep track of big threats like to the World Cup or America's 250th celebrations.
Within just a few hours of being named, senators had set the first hearing for Clayton, which is next Wednesday.
I can't imagine he'll have any trouble ultimately getting through.
Republicans can do this in a party line way.
But I do expect he'll face some very tough questions from senators.
Jay Clayton is a lawyer and federal prosecutor.
He also served as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
It's unclear at this point whether Bill Pulte, named by Trump to serve as DNI in an acting capacity, will still do so.
In fact, Democrats sank the renewal of spy legislation that allows the government to collect the communications of hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals located outside of the U.S.
each year, in large part because they didn't trust Pulte to oversee the program, as well as other aspects of more than a dozen intelligence agencies.
The program is due to lapse tomorrow, but intelligence gathering under the tool will continue under the existing authorization.
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