The funniest part of the MSNBC report about the issue is their claim that Pulte has not been in office long enough to know who the Deep State embeds are. “I have a real question of how he would know this. This isn’t a guy who is familiar with intelligence,” said the former official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing concerns about retaliation. “How is he going to get to the bottom of this and rely on any information with a matter of fidelity? It would be like me taking over a hospital and firing dozens of surgeons in a matter of days.” {source}
How could Pulte possibly know who to fire, they lament. The likelihood of former DNI Tulsi Gabbard and current CIA Director John Ratcliffe coordinating with ADNI Bill Pulte to clean house, just isn’t something all these former intelligence officials can fathom.
These silos are supposed to work independently to protect themselves, they likely think. The system is designed to keep each agency from coordinating action against the lower-level operatives, especially the liaison offices inside the ODNI. Bill Pulte is doing something they are just not prepared for.
It’s a little funny when you think about it. However, there were people in the comments section on CTH yesterday who were perplexed about Tulsi Gabbard visiting Washington DC to give a speech specifically about this issue. Perhaps people will realize there is considerable coordination and transferring of information as this transition is underway.
[…] Both former officials noted that Pulte’s office itself does not collect intelligence. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence receives it from the CIA, the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency and 15 other agencies. He said that CIA Director John Ratcliffe, for example, would know of such a problem.
“If there really was any serious withholding of information, the guy who would know this is Ratcliffe,” said one of the former officials. “He is in the inner circle. He and his analysts would be the first ones to know. If anyone would know about that alleged claim, it would be him.”
DUH!
A spokesperson for the CIA did not immediately respond to MS NOW’s request for comment.
A third former senior intelligence official dismissed the idea that intelligence officials would ever engage in such conduct.
“The intelligence community is comprised of committed professionals,” the former official said. “This is a fantasy. It only hurts U.S. national security, and it’s helpful to Russia, China and Iran.” (read more)
Speaking on a Defending Democracy podcast with her lawyer Marc Elias, Hillary Clinton said Wednesday, “I mean, I hope there are career and even political appointees, in various of the agencies, that are slow-walking or refusing to share information with Pulte.” Yet, here is MSNBC saying the withholding of intelligence never happens. Go figure.
WASHINGTON – […] Pulte, whom President Donald Trump tapped as acting spy chief in June, sent out notices of termination on Thursday to dozens of intelligence officials, MS Now reported, citing an intelligence official who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
The intelligence official told MS Now that the Trump administration was removing officials “who they believe are deep state” and who have allegedly failed to provide complete pictures of available intelligence. (MORE)
The funniest part of the MSNBC report may not really be all that funny. It questions how Pulte would know who the DS embeds are and therefore know who to fire. If the “former official” is assuming that no one at ODNI or anywhere else in the IC will help Pulte learn this information, because of course people like Sen. Warner have been advising them not to share any information with Pulte, then it isn’t funny at all. And yet it does seem like someone in the know is assisting Pulte, and that “fidelity” is not a matter of concern regarding whoever that someone is. Maybe the funny part is that the Deep Staters themselves don’t know who to trust? That might just help ferret out and identify the next batch to fire.
Tulsi probable left a list. I hope that a-hole who would not give her the info she needed for the president was on that list and is gone.
I said the day that Tulsi announced she was leaving that she would be helping out in a lot of ways. Letting Pulte know where the skeletons are buried is a big help.
And the Swamp feared his appointment for this very reason.
Take that, Hillary. Dumb ass – thought she was being oh so smart.
Like watching tag-team wrestling.
Yesssss and MSNOW says “allegedly failed to provide” any intelligence. Team USA fu€k yeah. 😎😂
Yeah. Fake.
It really is. Great analogy. Glorious!
I like to think that Tulsi has a super secret Bat phone for communicating going forward. I also like to think there will be the October surprise for the ages when the Florida grand jury hands down indictments of all the bad guys and our President declares a national security emergency for our elections as the fraud in Georgia and Arizona and Michigan is irrefutable and made public.
But don’t mind me. I’ve always been an optimist.
Optimists tend to have happier lives but realists/pessimists tend to be correct more often.
YMMV
Spread your good karma. No reason to call it only optimism.
Hopium is addictive.
Use it sparingly.
THAT would be delicious!!! October surprise indeed. Wowza.
Don’t forget that Maduro probably has been singing like a bird. That info on who goy what money may be being held until October.
Gabbard gathers all the information, compiles the termination list, and passes it to Pulte. Pulte as temporary DNI wields the axe. He is then followed by the new permanent DNI who starts with a clean slate. Works for me.
Companies sometimes do this, bring in a temporary hatchet man to do the downsizing, then replace him.
I wish the new DNI is not the one currently under consideration by the Senate. Too many pals like Warner and others.
Do you not think the firings appointment may prevent their ability to influence him?
Perhaps it is naive to hope that Pulte will cull those individuals, limiting the damage the deep state does in the future but any reduction to the deep state is a start.
we see this time and again, where initial appointments resign within 2 years. there must be some hazard associated with staying on too long.
unless you’re in congress at which time the plug you into a machine and count your vote.
Yes- it happened in my department one time.
I was amazed (and extremely pleased) that the hatchet man knew exactly who to fire.
Ooooo, don’t you know Senator Warner whining and shaking shows will be simply delicious.
On weekend talk shows. Might be cool to watch.
Obama will be furious.
Like herpes, the gift that keeps on giving.
HIP, HIP, HOO-RAYYYY! That’s what I voted for. It”s About Friggin Time!
And on the eve of Independence Day!! The message is beee-u-ti-ful!
Good for Bill Pulte…. I’ll buy him a bigger pair of steel-toe boots to kick them to the curb.
I sure hope these slime have all of their access and clearance revoked and are monitored and data captured.
If it can be done to us daily it should be done to those people especially.
DUH is right!
So sweet!!!! Happy July 4th! Thank you Tulsi, Mr Pulte and President Trunp!
Tulsi might not have the time to do the leg work but she knows where a lot of the bodies are buried. It would seem that this President Trump administration knows how to team and take the enemy out. Forget chest, they’re playing football and the kicker just scored a few big ones.
They just got red-carded and out for the rest of the term.
This is “Christmas in July” indeed.
Mark Warner is going to be big-time upset.
Pulling up the weeds, one by one, but progress is being made. Super happy about that.
Like many, I wish we could take a flamethrower to the whole bed of weeds, but that ain’t happening without Caesar. And Trump is no Caesar.
To be clear, when we need a Caesar is when we will get one, by Providence. So, since we don’t have one yet and have Trump, that is God’s sign that Trump is who we need right now.
“It would be like me taking over a hospital and firing dozens of surgeons in a matter of days.”
Not hard – just ask the nurses.
Sickening that they liken themselves to surgeons.
Clinging to a lifetime government job seems to be job number one for too many government employees and their lackies in the media.
Talk about a birthright tenure. Once hired, never fired? Nope, our primary duty to RIF all proven redundancy, incompetence and treachery. Onwards, Team Trump. Yes, we voted for this.
“Off with their heads!”
🙃🤪😁🤕🙃🫠🤐
The Red MAGA king said.
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Thank you so much for letting us know Sundance, we sure feel more hopeful getting this news.
Have to wonder if you helped them with the “list” …✝️🇺🇸🦅🤗💥💯
Every day, President Trump never fails to impress.
Hopefully we can find a way to recover the cost of these persecutions from the legal eagles that engaged in false accusations
The beginning of the beginning (it’s about time)
…A third former senior intelligence official dismissed the idea that intelligence officials would ever engage in such conduct…
😂😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣😂
Trump teaches us to take bold risks, but always have a fall back position already in place.
Very, very healthy approach to life. All bases covered. Cowering in indecision is not on the table.
keep chopping. these people are like cockroaches.
they’ll end up at some leftwank lawfirm, news corporation or what have you, hopefully seeded with some “secret” intelligence they cant help but leak. traitors.
Hahahaha!
Bravo!!!
And just because she’s no longer in office doesn’t mean she can’t talk on the phone!!! Hahahah.
I don’t just ascribe this to Tulsi and Pulte. It would not surprise me, given the quality of her soldiery as DNI, if she didn’t just bequeath a bunch of goodies to Aaron Lukas, HER Deputy. He could then have “the talk” with whoever shook out to be the next ODNI. It’s clear she hasn’t regarded her departure as the end of the road.
The lefts’ collective hair-on-fire apoplexy tells me everything Pulte is doing is on target.
Let him cook!
I calculate the deep state is about 50,000-100,000 individuals.
Then the corrupt individuals number about 500,000-1M individuals.
Take their money away and they all sit idle.
govt employee firings are my favorite news stories.
Excellent news.
Thank you, Sundance, from the bottom of my heart ♥!!
I have respect for Tulsi. That said in my years of management the locked desk guy would have met me personally and his time would have been short. As the saying goes, “grow some Bxxxs”.
Memo to Ben Franklin:
Yes, Trump did keep the Republic 250 years later.
Full stop.
It occurred to me the firings couldn’t take place until this weeks Supreme Court ruling that Trump could fire. All the names were probably in place until the (hoped for) SCOTUS ruling.
Seems to me if the boss asks you to provide something and you
A. Slow walk the information
B.. claim is none of their business
C. complain about having to do something …
the boss would know exactly who to get rid of.. new at the job or no experience at the job they would know..
Just enjoying this and more importantly all of your Treepers out there! Very glad, like many of you, to stand a post for many years while you slept.
Keep playing the TDS Tri-fecta:
Lose your government paychecks, perks and pensions.