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Feat of Clayton

ODNI leadership goes from putrid to passable with intelligence panel vote

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Jeff Stein
Jul 22, 2026
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What’s really left to say? I could go on an on (and have) about why Jay Clayton is unfit to be director of National Intelligence, starting with the fact his appointment would arguably break the law, which requires the office holder have “extensive national security expertise.” (As a former SEC commissioner and briefly U.S. Attorney for the Southern Dist…

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