The CIA is undergoing a massive shake-up as the Trump administration offers buyouts to its entire workforce, signaling a major restructuring of the intelligence agency.
The move, reportedly aligned with President Trump’s efforts to streamline the government, follows the appointment of CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
- While officials claim the buyouts aim to align the agency with national security priorities, critics warn of a political purge.
CIA reportedly offers buyouts to entire workforce in latest Trump-era purge
The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts on Tuesday, citing aim to bring agency in line with Trump priorities, US media report
Guardian staff and agencies
Tue 4 Feb 2025 23.47 EST
The
Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce on
Tuesday, citing an aim to bring the agency in line with Donald Trump’s
priorities, the Wall Street Journal and CNN have reported.
- The US spy agency is also freezing the hiring of job applicants already given a conditional offer, the WSJ reported, quoting an aide to CIA director John Ratcliffe.
. . .An unnamed CIA spokesperson
told CNN the decision was part of Ratcliffe’s efforts to “ensure the
CIA workforce is responsive to the administration’s national security
priorities,” and that it is “part of a holistic strategy to infuse the
agency with renewed energy”.
- It is unclear who will be allowed to take up the offer, another unnamed source familiar with the matter told CNN, but some specific operations or areas of expertise may be restricted.
The agency does
not disclose its budget or the number of people it employs. It did not
immediately respond to a request for comment. . .
The US government is the nation’s largest workforce with more than 2.4 million employees,
not including post office workers.
Project 2025, the conservative
manifesto that has guided much of Trump’s policy goals, calls for mass firings of federal workers and suggests replacing many of them with political appointees.
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