Donald Trump appoints a new head of US intelligence services. Why did he drop the previous nomination?
President Donald Trump has announced that he is appointing federal prosecutor Jay Clayton as director of the National Intelligence Service, after facing opposition in the US Congress regarding the person he had appointed as an interim in this position, writes Reuters.
“Few people in the legal community are as respected as Jay. I urge the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
Jay Clayton is currently the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Former US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard, who has appeared at times at odds with President Donald Trump over the Iran war, announced on May 22 that she would resign for personal reasons, effective June 30.
Later, Donald Trump announced that Bill Pulte would be acting director of national intelligence, which caused a controversy in Congress. His opponents argue that he has no experience in the field, as the law requires, being currently the head of the Federal Housing Financing Agency.
Against the background of these disputes, the House of Representatives rejected the extension of the legal provision regarding the surveillance of foreign citizens on American territory without a court warrant, known as Article 702 of FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the law of surveillance of foreign espionage).
