知情人士告诉ABC新闻，唐纳德·特朗普总统的国家情报代理主任已经开始解雇该机构的人员。
比尔·普尔特(Bill Pulte)是特朗普的忠实拥护者，没有任何情报经验，他于上周晚些时候接管了该机构，并承诺一旦接管，将在ODNI裁员数百人。
目前还不清楚有多少工作已经受到影响，但消息人士告诉ABC新闻，国家反恐中心预计将受到重创。
ODNI没有立即回应置评请求。白宫将美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)转交给了ODNI，但指出特朗普本月早些时候在社交媒体上发布的帖子称，他已要求普尔特“立即执行必要的办公室缩编”。
特朗普方面已经明确表示，他希望普尔特削减该机构的工作岗位。
特朗普本月早些时候表示，ODNI的规模“长期以来一直过高”，并告诉记者，如果进行削减，他不会介意。据该报报道，在本月早些时候接受华尔街日报采访时，特朗普还表示，他希望普尔特“启动解雇ODNI人员的程序”，并认为他作为代理主任的角色“不那么束缚”。
特朗普有此前宣布他提名纽约南区的美国检察官杰伊·克莱顿(Jay Clayton)永久领导ODNI，因为民主党人和共和党人反对他任命比尔·普尔特(Bill Pulte)为代理主任。
特朗普上周突然宣布，在他接替克莱顿担任纽约南区联邦检察官杰米·麦克唐纳(Jamie McDonald)的人选得到确认之前，对克莱顿的确认过程不会继续。
普尔特上周五接管了该机构，周一只是他工作的第二个全天。
普尔特在特朗普政府中最为人所知的是，他对总统的几名政治敌人展开了调查，指控他们涉嫌抵押贷款欺诈和可能滥用权力。
调查对象包括美联储州长丽莎·库克、纽约州总检察长莱蒂夏·詹姆斯、民主党参议员亚当·希夫和前民主党众议员埃里克·斯瓦尔韦尔。他们都否认有不当行为。
普尔特的这一任命导致了《外国情报监视法案》第702条的失效，该条款允许联邦政府在没有授权令的情况下收集外国人在国外的通信。
Trump's acting director of national intelligence begins firings at agency, sources say
President Donald Trump's acting director of national intelligence has begun firing people at the agency, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist with zero intelligence experience, took over the agency late last week and had promised to cut hundreds of jobs at ODNI once taking over.
It was not immediately clear how many jobs had already been affected, but sources told ABC News that the National Counterterrorism Center was expected to be hit hard.
ODNI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House referred ABC News to ODNI, but pointed to Trump's post on social media earlier this month saying he had asked Pulte to "execute the immediate and needed downsizing of the office."
Trump, for his part, has made clear he wants Pulte to slash jobs at the agency.
Trump said earlier this month the size of ODNI has been "way too high for way too long" and told reporters he wouldn't mind it if cuts were made. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, Trump also said he wanted Pulte to "start the process" of firing ODNI personnel and cited his role as acting director as “less shackled,” according to the paper.
Trump hadpreviously announcedhe was nominating U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton to permanently lead ODNI amid backlash from Democrats and Republicans to his appointment of Bill Pulte to be acting director.
Trump then abruptly announced last week that the confirmation process for Clayton would not continue until his pick to replace Clayton as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, is confirmed.
Pulte took over the agency last Friday, and Monday is just his second full day on the job.
Pulte is best known in the Trump administration for launching probes into several of the president's perceived political enemies over allegations of mortgage fraud and possible misuse of authority.
Targets of the investigations include Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff and former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell. They've all denied wrongdoing.
Pulte'sappointment led to the lapse of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- which allows the federal government to collect communications of foreigners abroad without a warrant.
