{"id":1783,"date":"2026-06-05T10:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:05:40","slug":"trumps-pick-to-lead-us-intel-community-did-not-have-a-security-clearance-before-he-was-tapped-for-the-job-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1783","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s pick to lead US intel community did not have a security clearance before he was tapped for the job, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump&#8217;s pick to lead the US intelligence community, lacked any security clearance before his appointment, sources say.<\/li>\n<li>Trump is expected to grant Pulte access to classified information before he formally takes the acting DNI role next month.<\/li>\n<li>Lawmakers from both parties are raising concerns about what Pulte could do with access to the nation&#8217;s most closely-guarded secrets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Before he was announced as President Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the US intelligence community, Bill Pulte did not have a security clearance granting him access to highly-classified information \u2013 meaning he lacked what has long been considered a basic prerequisite for the job he will soon occupy, according to three sources familiar with the matter.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1777\">Trump administration escalates legal push for medical records of trans minors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            On Thursday, days after Trump\u2019s announcement that Pulte would serve as acting director of national intelligence, the office he is expected to lead \u2013 at least temporarily \u2013 initiated the vetting process for his security clearance by requesting a background investigation, one of the sources told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pulte \u2014 a wealthy businessman who was confirmed as Federal Housing Finance Agency director last year\u2014 already appeared to be an unusual choice for acting DNI given his lack of demonstrated experience in national security matters. But evidence that Pulte did not have access to classified material before he was announced as Trump\u2019s top intelligence official this week underscores just how atypical his credentials are compared to nearly every other DNI that came before him.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThe director of national intelligence has access to all of our most classified intelligence,\u201d Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the intelligence committee, told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            There is no evidence that Pulte \u201cwould respect those classifications,\u201d Warner said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Sources told CNN there is no evidence that Pulte previously maintained even the lowest form of security clearance before he was tapped as acting DNI.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            There are differentlevels of clearance \u2013 ranging from confidential to Top Secret. The most sensitive materials are classified beyond Top Secret \u2013 in what are known as compartmentalized access programs that typically require a strict \u201cneed-to-know\u201d and additional background screenings.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pulte also had not been previously vetted for potential security vulnerabilities, a process typically required to obtain a higher-level security clearance, and, critically, for those serving in senior intelligence community roles like acting DNI, according to two of the sources.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cNone,\u201d one of the sources said about whether Pulte had gone through any vetting for a security clearance prior to Trump\u2019s announcement, adding that Thursday\u2019s request for a background investigation was the first step in that process.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It is unclear if Pulte has committed to also taking a polygraph test. A polygraph is a stringent requirement for access to the US intelligence community\u2019s classified network, multiple sources previously told CNN, but are not always mandatory for high-ranking, presidential-appointees picked to lead those agencies.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Still, Trump is widely expected to grant Pulte access to classified information before he formally steps into the acting DNI role next month, the sources said, and could do so in a way that would effectively allow him to bypass those vetting requirements, at least in the short term.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump looks on during a\" class=\"wp-image-1781\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3b7c65ace24dfac1093a0b39e4ed90db.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3b7c65ace24dfac1093a0b39e4ed90db.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3b7c65ace24dfac1093a0b39e4ed90db-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>President Donald Trump looks on during a &#8220;Beautiful, Clean Coal&#8221; event in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday in Washington, DC.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\n        Trump says he\u2019s not going to be permanent\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Trump appeared to dismiss bipartisan concerns about Pulte\u2019s lack of national security experience when asked if he was the right person for the job on Thursday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI wasn\u2019t greatly experienced in national security, and I think I\u2019ve done a really great job with it,\u201d Trump told reporters when asked about Pulte\u2019s qualifications for the role. \u201cHe\u2019s very smart. He\u2019s a person who\u2019s got high integrity. He\u2019s done a phenomenal job \u2026 He may find out some things about the rigged elections.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump also emphasized that Pulte would only be in the role temporarily. \u201cIt\u2019s an acting position, it\u2019s not a permanent \u2013 he\u2019s not going to be permanent.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            An administration official said Pulte won\u2019t start in the role until next month when Tulsi Gabbard formally leaves the role.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It is not clear what, if any experience Pulte has dealing with classified information or engaging with the intelligence community to date \u2013 though his prior lack of a security clearance suggests it would have been limited at best.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Officials who have never had access to classified information before typically would not be granted an interim clearance without at least a review of a government form documenting personal information and some other basic information, a source familiar with the process previously told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Someone who answered a phone number associated with Pulte hung up when CNN called asking for Pulte. The person did not respond to a text message requesting comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The Federal Housing Finance Agency did not provide CNN with comment for this story despite multiple requests. CNN has asked the White House and ODNI for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pulte\u2019s lack of a security clearance prior to being named to role underlines the unconventional nature of his appointment to what is an incredibly sensitive role at the top of the US intelligence community with critics concerned Trump have placed him in the role to further the president\u2019s retribution agenda.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1773\">Young men are leaving Trump. Can a UFC fight at the White House get them back in the ring?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            From his office at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Pulte played an extraordinary role in pushing the Justice Department to pursue some of its most eye-popping cases against the president\u2019s personal foes.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Multiple sources familiar with the decision told CNN that the rationale for the pick was simple: Trump liked what he saw from Pulte and believed he could potentially replicate it at DNI.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Pulte\u2019s appointment sparked shock among national security professionals and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The role, created after 9\/11, oversees the 18 agencies that make up the intelligence community and was designed to avoid another catastrophic intelligence failure in which spy agencies don\u2019t share information with each other.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) heads for the Senate Chamber in between votes at the US Capitol on Thursday in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-1782\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22151411a03f76680d17ae4eed2be4e2.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22151411a03f76680d17ae4eed2be4e2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22151411a03f76680d17ae4eed2be4e2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) heads for the Senate Chamber in between votes at the US Capitol on Thursday in Washington, DC.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\n        Lawmakers on both sides concerned\n<\/h2>\n<p>\n            Lawmakers are already raising concerns about what Pulte could do with access to the nation\u2019s most closely-guarded secrets.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe don\u2019t need a weaponized DNI. We need professionals there,\u201d Senate Majority Leader John Thune said when asked about Pulte\u2019s appointment. \u201cI\u2019ve just heard about it. I\u2019ll try and get more information about the current state of their thinking about that position.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cWe have no idea whether [Pulte] even has a security clearance,\u201d Warner told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Even so, the Senate Intelligence Committee has been attempting to find out what kind of security clearance, if any, Pulte has, but so far it has not been successful, one source told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, Warner asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if Pulte had a security clearance. Bessent said he didn\u2019t know.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            All three sources also told CNN that there is no evidence Pulte currently has a security clearance or previously had access to classified information. But those sources also acknowledged it is possible he may have been granted one without going through expedited vetting.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Trump has long complained about the security clearance process, and during his first term, he ordered clearances for more than two dozen people, including his own son-in-law Jared Kushner and his daughter Ivanka, who had struggled to complete the security clearance process, according to congressional testimony.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            But even so, Pulte\u2019s case is unique given the responsibilities of an acting DNI and what sources described as Trump\u2019s reasoning for choosing him for the job. \n<\/p>\n<p>\n            At the beginning of his second term, Trump granted temporary, six-month security clearances to incoming White House officials who had not completed the typical vetting process, blaming a backlog of background checks that he helped cause.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, on September 2, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-1615\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69d449e8a610f9bcc791879cb9ef4eca.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69d449e8a610f9bcc791879cb9ef4eca.jpg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/69d449e8a610f9bcc791879cb9ef4eca-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, on September 2, 2025.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Mark Schiefelbein\/AP<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Trump issued an executive order that immediately gave high-level clearances called TS\/SCI to incoming officials, including some who have never been vetted for potential security vulnerabilities, CNN previously reported.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It was a move national security lawyers inside and outside the government said at the time was unusual, if not unprecedented.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            At the time, one former US official who worked on clearance issues in the Biden and first Trump administrations raised concerns that foreign intelligence partners, on which the US relies for much of its intelligence work, will curtail what they share with the US, out of fear that their sources may be put in danger.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cThey will start restricting their intelligence,\u201d the official said. \u201cIf someone on the other end here has not been vetted, why would they share that?\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Allowing Pulte to similarly bypass those requirements would likely be even more alarming considering his new job overseeing the entire US intelligence community and the level of access to classified information that comes with it.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Beth Sanner, a former senior intelligence official, said she didn\u2019t expect Pulte\u2019s appointment to improve intelligence sharing between agencies.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cTo me, Pulte is a divisive figure. CIA might not want to share information with somebody that has no background [in intelligence],\u201d Sanner told CNN\u2019s Brianna Keilar.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1759\">Who is cutting $1 million-plus checks to MAGA Inc. and what do they want?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>CNN\u2019s Sean Lyngaas and Jeremy Herb contributed reporting.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before he was announced as President Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the US intelligence community, Bill Pulte did not have a security clearance granting him access to highly-classified information \u2013 meaning he lacked what has long been considered a basic prerequisite for the job he will soon occupy, according to three sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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