Episode

The Intelligence Purge

Podcast: The Weekend
Published: Jul 4, 2026
Duration seconds: 2538
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Summary

Dozens of intelligence officials are out of a job after President Donald Trump’s new acting Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, terminated them this week.