US EditionUS's Central Intelligence Agency To Cut 1,200 Jobs: Report
- The CIA plans to reduce its workforce by 1,200 employees over several years amid wider intelligence agency staffing cuts.
- These reductions follow a White House initiative communicated to Congress and reported by the Washington Post, with additional cuts at the NSA.
- The agency has offered voluntary resignations, early retirements, and plans layoffs mostly affecting recent hires, while aiming to limit broader involuntary layoffs.
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe stated the cuts align with a strategy to renew agency energy and better fulfill its mission by focusing on human intelligence and China.
- These changes occur alongside the removal of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, with legal challenges over firings and notable agency leadership shifts under the current administration.
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U.S. government plans to cut redundancy in intelligence services
US President Trump is now continuing his massive austerity programs with the intelligence services. More than 1,200 jobs are to be lost in the CIA's foreign intelligence service alone. NSA's intelligence service is also affected.
CIA to lose over 1,000 jobs as Trump moves to shrink intelligence workforce
President Donald Trump’s administration is planning significant staff reductions at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other branches of the United States intelligence community, as part of a long-term effort to streamline federal operations, according to a report by The Washington Post. The CIA is expected to eliminate approximately 1,200 positions over the coming years. Thousands more jobs are reportedly set to be cut across other intel…
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