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NEW via MS NOW: More than two days after the Senate confirmed Jay Clayton to serve as director of national intelligence, Clayton has not taken the oath of office. Instead, Trump loyalist Bill Pulte, who no experience in intelligence, remains in one of the most powerful intelligence positions.

Jay Clayton still hasn't taken office as DNI, leaving Senate Dems worried

The Senate confirmed Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence in a party-line vote on Tuesday but somehow Trump loyalist Bill Pulte is still in the role.

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Our call for an independent investigation continues to gain attention. This latest article from The New Republic examines the questions surrounding the White House's July 17 declassification and includes The Steady State's push for oversight and accountability. Read more below: zurl.co/up7p3

One of Trump’s Declassified Documents Raises Major Red Flags

Experts question whether the document was made expressly to help prove Donald Trump’s claims about the 2020 election.

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Yesterday, The Steady State filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the case of former CIA Director John O. Brennan, who is challenging a politically retaliatory Department of Justice investigation. Read it in full below: zurl.co/tq2JJ

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Kevin Carroll of the Mark Zaid Law Firm, explains why The Steady State filed an amicus curiae brief in support of former CIA Director John O. Brennan in his challenge to what is alleged to be a politically retaliatory Department of Justice investigation. Watch the video below:

"We are taught to speak truth to power knowing that if we stay silent, the country bears the cost of the failure—but that if we do, the cost may be ours alone." Read Former CIA Analyst & Steady State member Julia Curlee's "What They Want to Hear: The Politicization of U.S. Intelligence"

What They Want to Hear: The Politicization of U.S. Intelligence

A campaign of firings and clearance revocations is teaching the intelligence community that silence is the only job security.

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