The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reportedly dismissed multiple Biden-era employees as President Donald Trump continues to cut government spending and reshape the country’s intelligence community, The New York Times reported Thursday.
The CIA reportedly fired a batch of officers deemed to be “probationary employees” hired in the last two years, three sources briefed on the matter told the NYT. The moves come as the Trump administration storms its way through the federal bureaucracy, slashing perceived government waste with the help of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The firings come just days after a Bush-appointed federal judge cleared the way for CIA Director John Ratcliffe to fire employees at will. The judge, Anthony J. Trenga of the Eastern District of Virginia, was ruling on a lawsuit brought by officers who had been assigned to diversity and recruiting efforts in the Biden administration.”
It is unknown how many employees work for the CIA due to national security protections.
Select personnel were instructed to go to an off-site location and surrender their credentials to security personnel, not being informed of the meeting’s purpose beforehand, according to the NYT. Not all recent hires were dismissed, and the exact amount of firings remains unclear, the outlet reported. Key issue areas such as southern border security and China were reportedly spared from cuts. (RELATED: Servicemembers Come Home Only To Find Themselves In A New Hell — The VA’s Cold Bureaucracy) […]
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