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Trump’s pick for intel chief could imperil a key U.S. spy tool. Who is Bill Pulte?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., says lawmakers have little information about reported personnel changes under acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte, who has been in the role for less than a week.<\/p>

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CNN and other outlets reported that Pulte started making large staff cuts on Monday. NPR has not independently verified those reports.<\/p>

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, created after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, coordinates the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies.<\/p>

Himes and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees, said in a letter that any firings could jeopardize the agency’s mission and requested details.<\/p>

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“We have a man who certainly does not understand an absolutely critical agency potentially altering the structure and the people inside that agency,” Himes told NPR’s , adding that there is “bipartisan outrage on Capitol Hill.”<\/p>\n

NPR’s Michel Martin spoke with Himes about the reported staff cuts and his concerns around Pulte’s lack of intelligence experience.<\/p>

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