Bill Pulte, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the US intelligence community, lacked any security clearance before his appointment, sources say.
Trump is expected to grant Pulte access to classified information before he formally takes the acting DNI role next month.
Lawmakers from both parties are raising concerns about what Pulte could do with access to the nation's most closely-guarded secrets.
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Before he was announced as President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the US intelligence community, Bill Pulte did not have a security clearance granting him access to highly-classified information – meaning he lacked what has long been considered a basic prerequisite for the job he will soon occupy, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
