Democrats say appointment of Bill Pulte could doom bipartisan agreement to renew section 702 of FisaSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald Trump’s appointment of a close political ally with no intelligence experience to lead the nation’s spy agencies has thrown last-ditch effort s to renew a powerful surveillance program into doubt.Bill Pulte, currently head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and a major Republican donor and heir to a home construction fortune, was tapped by Trump to serve as acting director of national intelligence days after Tulsi Gabbard departed the role. Continue reading... ...read more read less