# The Intelligence Purge

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Podcast: [The Weekend](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-weekend-6962971)
Published: 2026-07-04T13:55:47+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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