RonSupportsYou3h ago
"Tulsi Gabbard, the outgoing director of national intelligence, got an unexpected call Tuesday from her controversial successor, Bill Pulte who told her: 'Today is your last day." Gabbard was surprised. She had announced she was leaving at month's end, not Tuesday. 'I need to hear it from the president or the White House,' Gabbard told Pulte.":
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/11/pulte-gabbard-removal-intel
Gabbard will leave later than Pulte wanted but sooner than Gabbard wanted.
#NationalSecurity #extremism #DNI
Scoop: Pulte sought Gabbard's early removal as intel czar

"Today is your last day," Pulte told Gabbard during a call on Tuesday.

Axios
NYT > Home Page4h ago

Gabbard Revokes Biden-Era Assessments on Mysterious Ailments

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/gabbard-havana-syndrome.html

#Politics #NationalSecurity #Diplomacy

Gabbard Revokes Biden-Era Assessments on Mysterious Ailments

Earlier reviews had cast doubt on the idea that a foreign adversary was behind Havana syndrome, a range of symptoms that American spies and diplomats reported.

The New York Times
RonSupportsYou3h ago
"Amid a House revolt over his attempt to put a wildly unqualified candidate (Bill Pulte) in charge of the nation’s spy agencies, President Donald Trump says he’s nominated former Securities and Exchange Commission chair Jay Clayton for the permanent role. Clayton is currently the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/latest-news-live-updates_n_6a268329e4b0a2296d1b65dc/liveblog_6a2afa9ce4b07e1b3701dfcf
#NationalSecurity #PutinsPuppet #politics
Miserable Weather Expected In DC On Day Of Trump's Birthday UFC Fight

HuffPost
NYT > Politics4h ago

Gabbard Revokes Biden-Era Assessments on Mysterious Ailments

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/gabbard-havana-syndrome.html

#Politics #NationalSecurity #Government

Gabbard Revokes Biden-Era Assessments on Mysterious Ailments

Earlier reviews had cast doubt on the idea that a foreign adversary was behind Havana syndrome, a range of symptoms that American spies and diplomats reported.

The New York Times
NYT > U.S.4h ago

Gabbard Revokes Biden-Era Assessments on Mysterious Ailments

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/gabbard-havana-syndrome.html

#USPolitics #NationalSecurity #Intelligence

Gabbard Revokes Biden-Era Assessments on Mysterious Ailments

Earlier reviews had cast doubt on the idea that a foreign adversary was behind Havana syndrome, a range of symptoms that American spies and diplomats reported.

The New York Times
Analyst2074h ago

US Weighs High-Risk Bid to Seize Iran's Kharg Island

The US is considering a daring move to take control of Kharg Island, a crucial oil infrastructure hub, in a bold bid to dominate Iran's oil and gas markets. This provocative step comes amid escalating tensions, with the US and Iran exchanging blows in a recent surge of hostilities.

https://osintsights.com/us-weighs-high-risk-bid-to-seize-irans-kharg-island?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#NationalSecurity #Geopolitics #Iran #UsiranRelations #MilitaryOperations

US Weighs High-Risk Bid to Seize Iran's Kharg Island

US plans to seize Iran's Kharg Island, escalating tensions. Learn how this high-risk bid unfolds and its implications - read now for the latest updates.

OSINTSights
Analyst2074h ago

Australia's Resilience Runs on a Ticking Clock

Australia's resilience is running on borrowed time - literally. The "sovereignty countdown" is a ticking clock that measures how long our essential systems can keep operating on existing reserves, substitutes, and domestic capabilities before they grind to a halt.

https://osintsights.com/australias-resilience-runs-on-a-ticking-clock?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#NationalSecurity #Sovereignty #Resilience #Australia #SupplyChain

Australia's Resilience Runs on a Ticking Clock

Discover Australia's sovereignty countdown and learn how to turn resilience into action with actionable engineering solutions, read now and start building.

OSINTSights
WSJ.com — Opinion4h ago

FISA 702 Goes Dark

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/fisa-702-congress-democrats-donald-trump-jay-clayton-c98237f2

#FISA #NationalSecurity #Privacy

icbrief.org5h ago

IC Brief Evening — 2026-06-11

FISA Section 702 authority lapses at midnight Friday, and the gap is likely to persist for at least 30 consecutive days. High confidence reflects the congressional calendar: the House departs for recess until June 23, and no Senate unanimous consent path has been identified. Whether Congress passes reauthorization before the White House names a permanent DNI nominee is genuinely uncertain, as both paths depend on Trump's personnel decisions with no public commitment signal.

The dispute is about Pulte, not 702. Existing FISC-certified collection continues through March 2027, limiting immediate operational damage but not resolving legal uncertainty over new collection directives. A coordinated government response to the China-linked JDY botnet's expansion against military networks is very likely deferred until a Senate-confirmed DNI takes office.

Trump naming a permanent DNI nominee before June 23 would break the impasse and compress the lapse. Absent that, ODNI operates under an acting director simultaneously executing workforce reductions and managing collection uncertainty across 17 IC components. Full public release of NDAA-mandated COVID-19 origin intelligence is very likely incomplete before September 30, as Gabbard's departure June 30 and Pulte's downsizing mandate fragment institutional attention.

https://icbrief.org/icbrief/

#Intelligence #OSINT #NationalSecurity

IC Brief

FISA Section 702 authority lapses at midnight Friday, and the gap is likely to persist for at least 30 consecutive days. High confidence reflects the...

IC Brief
Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️5h ago

"He [Jay Clayton] was handed his role atop the Southern District of New York without any prosecutorial experience, and seemingly does not have any relevant experience to run America’s #NationalSecurity operation, either.

[Trump] had initially tapped Bill Pulte, a national real estate developer serving as the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency... who similarly had no relevant experience for the job"
- @newrepublic

https://newrepublic.com/post/211720/donald-trump-picks-new-unqualified-intelligence-chief

#Trump #GOP #Politics #DNI #News #US #USA