Officials said the decades-old criteria used to punish misconduct are too restrictive and “mechanistic.” Practitioners disagree.

“If he doesn’t care about blowing up cyber exploits, putting foreign relationships at risk, or getting people killed, he could declassify a lot,” one former official said.

A shuffle of classified Air Force funds was OK’d, but a withdrawal from the Navy was stopped.

The acting director of national intelligence has removed roughly 50 career and political staffers since Friday.

Released on Tuesday along with two executive orders, the document sets deadlines for post-quantum cryptography adoption.

Senate approval marked the first time both chambers have voted to end the conflict.

The Five Eyes alliance is warning that frontier AI could accelerate cyberattacks and cyber defense.

Experts say administration officials have largely refused to follow many Congressional orders, likely in violation of the law.

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., cited concerns about reported ODNI staff cuts while Bill Pulte temporarily leads the intelligence community.

The move sets up an inexperienced loyalist to become acting national intelligence director on Friday.