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Top Democrats on the\u00a0House and Senate intelligence committees warned acting spy chief Bill Pulte on Monday not to use his temporary post to make major changes at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, citing concerns that he could pursue sweeping personnel cuts or politically motivated declassification decisions before a Senate-confirmed director is in place.<\/p>\n

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In a June 22 letter to Pulte, Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Pulte should not take actions \u201cmore appropriately left to a Senate-confirmed Director\u201d and reminded him of his legal obligation to preserve records related to any actions he takes in the role.<\/p>\n

The warning comes days after Pulte began serving as acting director of national intelligence following the cancellation of a Senate hearing for Jay Clayton, Trump\u2019s nominee to permanently lead the intelligence community. The delay ensured Pulte would assume the acting role, prolonging a fight that has already complicated bipartisan efforts to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a powerful foreign spying authority that lapsed earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Democrats have warned Pulte\u2019s role in the administration\u2019s mortgage fraud reviews last year could foreshadow the use of intelligence tools to pursue the president\u2019s political opponents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Monday\u2019s letter, Himes and Warner sharpened that concern, saying Pulte\u2019s record as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency showed \u201ca willingness to misuse your position, including your access to sensitive information,\u201d to pursue Trump\u2019s perceived political enemies.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers said they expect Pulte to not declassify information in a way that would compromise intelligence sources and methods or \u201cweaponize the declassification process for partisan political purposes.\u201d They also said any declassification effort should follow established policies and include input from career intelligence officials on the national security risks of releasing classified material.<\/p>\n

The letter also directly addresses multiple reports that Pulte could soon fire or place on leave hundreds of ODNI employees. Himes and Warner said they were concerned by those reports and argued that any large workforce reduction would come after substantial downsizing at ODNI already occurred this year.<\/p>\n

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Pulte could serve in the acting role through August, The New York Times reported Monday, citing an administration official.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven your lack of experience within the Intelligence Community, it is difficult to imagine that in such a short amount of time you have already developed fully-informed views as to how to shrink ODNI without incurring risks to national security,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for ODNI didn\u2019t immediately return a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The office was created after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to improve coordination across the intelligence community. Trump has said he wants Pulte to further downsize the office and continue election-related investigations launched under former DNI Tulsi Gabbard.<\/p>\n

Himes and Warner said Pulte should refrain from making significant structural changes to ODNI, including any reduction in force, while serving in an acting capacity and without consulting Congress.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers also said Pulte and ODNI employees must preserve records related to declassification, publication or release of classified materials, as well as personnel actions. They said that obligation extends to electronic messages sent through official or personal accounts, text messages, phone-based messaging apps and encrypted software.<\/p>\n

They requested that Pulte soon acknowledge the letter and confirm his \u201cfull and immediate compliance\u201d with legal records-preservation requirements.<\/p>\n

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