Trump green lights new DNI Pulte to 'start the process' on mass intelligence firings

President Donald Trump says he wants incoming Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte to "start the process" of firing intelligence community officials, he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday. Trump on Tuesday tapped Pulte to take over for the current DNI Tulsi Gabbard , who resigned in May after her husband was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Pulte, who will take over in the interim when Gabbard's resignation becomes official on June 30, has app