President Donald Trump has chosen Jay Clayton to lead the new Super Intelligence Force, or SIF. Clayton is currently the US director of national intelligence. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post on Sunday. Media outlets had reported the appointment on Friday.
Under the arrangement Trump described, Clayton will report to the president and to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. Cointelegraph published the report on October 4, 2026.
The report does not say what the Super Intelligence Force will do, how big it will be, or when it will start work. It also does not say whether Clayton will keep his job as director of national intelligence. None of those points are known from the report.
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Source: cointelegraph — Trump taps intel chief Jay Clayton to lead new Super Intelligence Force