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President Donald Trump said he will nominate Jay Clayton to become the next permanent director of national intelligence. Clayton is the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and is the ...

History rarely provides opportunities for lessons learned, but the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 intelligence failure could have provided an opportunity to determine some accountability for the failure ...

When President Trump named Bill Pulte, the current head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as the interim director of national intelligence, a loud, collective “Huh!?” could be heard all over ...

The president said he would nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan and the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, for the permanent role. By Julian E. Barnes Jonah E.

President Donald Trump's election theft speech put his CIA director in the spotlight — and now calls are mounting for him to push back, according to a new report. Questions are being raised about ...

To speak of telling truth to power seems terribly old-fashioned these days, but as a veteran of White House intelligence operations, I know that is the essence of the job. Most of the President’s ...

President Donald Trump’s choice for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, has proved controversial. Pulte’s lack of background in national security matters has sparked resistance from ...