DNI Hearing Is Postponed Following Trump Directive

A confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next director of national intelligence (DNI), was postponed Wednesday after the president said he was “delaying his nomination” pending congressional approval of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act.. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, the White House directed Clayton not to a