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An intelligence official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to potential reprisal, told MS NOW that the individuals being removed by the Trump administration are officials “who they believe are deep state.” Intelligence leadership alleges that the fired workers have not provided complete pictures of available intelligence, the official said.
The moves come after Pulte’s elimination last month of six political appointees who served under Tulsi Gabbard, the previous director of national intelligence.
Three former senior intelligence officials told MS NOW that they had never heard of intelligence officials withholding information from officials above them.
“The premise is absurd,” one of the former officials said.
Another of the former officials questioned how Pulte, who has no experience working in intelligence, would be able to make such a determination so quickly.