President Donald Trump has named Jay Clayton, US director of national intelligence, to lead the country’s new Super Intelligence Force, according to a post on Truth Social on Sunday — formalizing an appointment that had been reported days earlier.
The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with “coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence,” Trump wrote in his post.
Who joins Clayton
Joining Clayton will be Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission; Scott Kupor, director of the Office of Personnel Management; and Emil Michael, under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering and chief technology officer for the Department of War.
The announcement followed media reports on Friday of the appointment. Cointelegraph reported Sept. 20 that Trump planned to create an “AI Force” modeled on the Space Force and appoint an artificial intelligence czar — the Super Intelligence Force is the name that effort landed on.
Clayton keeps his day job
Clayton led the Securities and Exchange Commission during Trump’s first term, served as interim US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and is expected to also remain in his current role as director of national intelligence, sources told CNN. The Senate confirmed Clayton in July to lead the intelligence community.
For crypto observers, Clayton’s dual role is the detail worth watching: the former SEC chair who oversaw the agency’s enforcement posture toward digital assets now coordinates federal “super intelligence” work while retaining the intelligence portfolio — and the SIF’s membership spans trade regulation, personnel, and defense-tech research.
Source: Cointelegraph
