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highplainsdem

(63,835 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:51 PM 18 hrs ago

Acting DNI Bill Pulte is firing dozens of officials in different agencies for refusing to give him requested intel

Breaking: Per MSNOW’s Vaughn Hillyard, acting DNI Bill Pulte is now firing dozens of intelligence officials at agencies beyond his own office as part of removing the “deep state.” Reportedly, the officials may have refused to provide him requested intel.

Frank Figliuzzi (@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social) 2026-07-03T15:17:48.081Z
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2naSalit

(105,062 posts)
4. Hopefully...
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:12 PM
17 hrs ago

They are quietly making the info sought unavailable to this regime. Locking the info with no pathway to it from this crowd would be the most patriotic move they can make on their way out the door.

MineralMan

(152,108 posts)
5. "Sorry, Mr. Pulte, I don't know anything about that."
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 02:23 PM
16 hrs ago

"That's not an area Ive been working on, Bill."
"I'm not sure where you heard that, Mr. Pulte, but it's news to me."

turbinetree

(27,864 posts)
6. Who need's to know Bill ..................what is your clearance rating.............oh yeah appointed............
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 02:49 PM
16 hrs ago

that says everything...............

dlk

(13,478 posts)
7. How can he make any money selling intel of no one will give it to him?
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 02:57 PM
16 hrs ago

Some days, it’s hard to be a grifter and a traitor…

SWBTATTReg

(26,547 posts)
8. Remember this scumbag's name. When we are back in power again (the sooner the better, better even if
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:04 PM
15 hrs ago

tRUMP dies in office), that we'll go after every one of these scumbags and nail them for crimes against the American people, and better yet, ship them off to Moscow since they seem to be anti-American.

moondust

(21,383 posts)
9. Need to know, Billy?
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:26 PM
15 hrs ago
Need to know
...access to the information must be necessary for one to conduct one's official duties.

(Does not include political retribution.)

calimary

(91,592 posts)
11. Sounds like Trump is figuring out how to make our country fail
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:37 PM
15 hrs ago

BIGGER and MORE PATHETICALLY than many of us could even imagine. (At least to me!)

Could he secretly be working for the Russians? (Wonder how much THEY’RE paying him?)

It scares me to try to imagine what (if anything) he has in store for America in the days ahead.

ChicagoTeamster

(1,522 posts)
12. Pulte and his whole family are then traitors if they are joining Trump in releasing intel to our adversaries. They know
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:51 PM
15 hrs ago

he's doing it as does Trump's family and none of them say or do anything because like almost all traitors throughout US history starting with Benedict Arnold, they have sold out for money.

Qutzupalotl

(15,885 posts)
13. Requested intel presumably being
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 03:59 PM
15 hrs ago

a list of our undercover agents abroad. Valuable to our adversaries, priceless to us

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