Trump urges pick for top intelligence official to fire ‘a lot of people’

Summary

President Trump urged Bill Pulte, his newly appointed intelligence chief with no intelligence background, to fire many federal intelligence officials, saying Pulte is "less shackled" by experience. The move coincides with the Senate blocking an extension of Fisa surveillance authorities amid concern over Pulte's controversial nomination. Trump indicated he wants intelligence agencies to shrink, signaling a major shift in how the government's spy operations are run.