Lt General William Joseph “Joe” Hartman is a University of Southern Alabama graduate (class of ’89). Hartman had served as the deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command, and previously served as commander of the Cyber National Mission Force. Before that, he served in various infantry, intelligence and cyber operations military roles in the U.S., Germany, South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Lt. Gen. William Hartman, the acting leader of both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, to formally lead both agencies, two people with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO on Thursday.
Hartman has the support of top officials at the White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Defense Department, according to one of the people. Both individuals were granted anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly.
[…] Hartman’s paperwork will be sent to the National Security Council before hitting the president’s desk. The dual role is a Senate-confirmed position, given that it is a promotion to four-star general.
[…] Hartman is unlikely to face much pushback to his nomination in the Senate. He testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s cyber subcommittee in April, days after Haugh’s dismissal, and garnered praise from both sides of the aisle. (read more)
Hartman’s nomination follows Joe Francescon being picked to serve as deputy director of the NSA.
This is a critical nomination. It is a very interesting dynamic. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) can block a nomination that is against their control efforts and that ultimately this becomes how the SSCI controls the power dynamic within the intelligence apparatus.
Deputy NSA Director Joe Francescon did not require SSCI nomination, and Joe Francescon was fully supported by DNI Tulsi Gabbard. To become Director of the NSA William Joseph Hartman appears acceptable to Gabbard, acceptable to the White House and acceptable to the SSCI.
Are the stars finally aligning? Will SSCI lose its grip?
‘This is a critical nomination. It is a very interesting dynamic. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) can block a nomination that is against their control efforts and that ultimately this becomes how the SSCI controls the power dynamic within the intelligence apparatus.’
How is it critical, if he is the acting leader of both agencies already? Status quo.
What controls the SSCI? The same agent controlling all key USG leadership?
What controls the agent? Is this a clue?
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/rise-multipolar-world-order-west-just-watched-world-shift-tianjin
We really messed up in the 90s by building up China and alienating Russia.
the paradigm shift, it continues
the question…yes always the questions…the inquiries
will this be enough?
no, it will not be “enough”.
you see, the freedom of speech, the inquiry, the invocation of what does this mean? is the object.
we are NOT GOD. cannot be and never was created to be.
but we are designed to be the manner in which truth is revealed.
I honestly do NOT KNOW WHEY EXACTLY WHY this was developed, but is is obvious to me.
the pursuit, you see, that is to mean what your inner self compels you to suffer…is what you are determined to understand.
direct answers to very hard questions.
trust in the lord, trust IN the LORD,
TRUST IN LORD ALMIGHT
do this and accept GRACE.
as promised
God Bless America
Amen Brother Amen! 🙏🏽
Here we go again. No SSCI members tanking his nomination, after the top ranking member wanted to eliminate Tulsi’s position. What a tangled web we weave.
Agreed. I don’t want to read too much into what Sundance posted, but I take what he said the same as I think you have… I am wary now of the SSCI’s zero-resistance to this nominee.
In the best-case scenario, Hartman is internally ready to do the job the correct/intended/lawful way and has managed to present himself as palatable to the corrupt actors in the SSCI. I hope that’s how this goes down.
Some people’s bonafides make them very, very difficult to oppose without giving the game away.
🤷♀️ we shall see…
That’s what I was thinking.
Bigger picture. The Principal really matters not in the grand scheme. At this point it’s a name on a door.
The deputies not requiring senate confirmation are the ones who will be pitbulls in the dog fights to come.
Hartman also worked for the idiot biden in the non-administration, stolen reigns of government, satan controlled, dirty deep state reinforced, with purposeful invasion allowed to happen wonder years.
Of course Hartman will get a pass. He already knows the satanic ways of keeping ones eyes closed and pressing on the gas. In other words the SSIC already knows that Hartman knows,, how to keep his pie-hole shut and move forward as ordered. Spit
If we’re talking SSCI top ranking member Cotton, didn’t he just try to end run Gabbard by eliminating her position? I can see too many angles here. Not sure I understand them all.
Anyone acceptable to the SSCI is a Deep State puppet and has no business in the Trump administration. When will the GOP learn to quit playing footsie with these people?
See Lucy-Charlie Brown-football.
When will the GOP quit playing footise? Never. After all, they’re playing with their friends across the aisle.
Quick sketch of what NSA is about over on another thread.
The NSA operates a huge net that catches data and not fish or butterflies.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/09/05/mr-president-tear-down-these-walls/comment-page-2/#comment-12062423
We sure have a lot of security and intel agencies and titled heads for each.
Yes indeedy. I’ve lost track of who’s who and who does what.
Nineteen intell agencies?
Vet them both, Laura.
I don’t even remember the name of the last guy – the one who ‘inadvertently’ included the reporter from The Atlantic in the military op chat?
Whatever happened to him? Hahahaha. Wasn’t he supposed to go to the UN?
Thank you, Sundance, for the report.
Unacceptable that the SSCI has so much power & control….
“ LTG Hartman has commanded a company, battalion, brigade, and Special Mission Unit, and served as the senior intelligence officer at the battalion and regimental level for the 75th Ranger Regiment, and multiple tours as a SOCOM Joint Task Force S2.”
Just read his background and it looks pretty upstanding.
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and guess his views are like Tulsi Gabbards.
They take their jobs very seriously and they try to keep their politics out.
I know a lot of guys in the military that were like that.
Unfortunately, we also have other examples like Powell, Mattis, Rogers, etc.
Squared that away nicely. There are too many generals in the US military. Period.
Your three mentioned gen’s above are exemplary examples of “other” examples. Might we throw in the Milley name first in line for courts martial too? Hmm
Certainly has a great set of credentials and career path that reflects successes, not staffing positions to avoid challenging assignments. That he is not a “ring-knocker” (Academy grad) is a plus, meaningful when pushing above 06 selection boards. On balance, encouraging from what little I can see.
Biggest question: how does he vote in elections? If he or anyone in his family has ties to the Democrat party then no.
The SSCI needs to be brought to it’s knees.
I think we learned from the example of Admiral Rogers just how little actual power a figurehead has.
The most important question I have for General Hartman is his stance on FISA-702 and its weaponization against Americans.
So not a wolverine. We hope he just collects his paycheck and doesn’t throw sand in the gears?
Who is protected by whom with what for what purpose? I wonder if Tulsi has read Bill Coopers’s book, “Behold a Pale Horse”?
https://archive.org/details/beholdapalehorsebymiltonwilliamcooper1991_202003/page/n285/mode/1up?view=theater
Sundance,
I’m not sure how much longer we will have you available to ask these questions, as your potential world-saving project may soon take you away from us.
But I have been suspicious of the SSCI due to potential ‘personal pressure points’ on the committee personnel that aren’t public.
I wonder if the recent expulsions of various characters that might use protected information to apply that pressure on the SSCI have, in essence, liberated the members from potential coercion.
Hopium-infused JoeS hopes that Tulsi may have cleared away some of the behind-the-scenes issues that have been stymying the President’s choices.
Not another General !
Well…..we’ll have to wait and see what happens.
Meanwhile, it’s gratifying to see this posted at Liberty Daily, where insightful and factual analysis is always helpful.
Impressive background.
We shall see how things play out.