CIA Begins First Wave Of Firings!

The CIA has started to fire recently hired agents.

NBC News reported that several recently hired CIA agents received an email informing them they had been terminated.

The agents have since turned in their credentials.

Currently, the CIA is reviewing employees hired during the last two years of the Biden administration.

🚨 JUST IN: CIA being hit with first wave of layoffs – NYT

This is at the direction of President Donald Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. pic.twitter.com/Xa86RwDxGw

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Check out what NBC News reported:

The CIA has started to fire some recently hired officers, as the Trump administration’s effort to quickly slash the federal workforce has moved to the spy agency, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

Some employees received word that they would be let go this week, the sources said. The officers were instructed to report to a location away from the agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia, where they were told to hand over their credentials, the sources said.

It remained unclear how many intelligence officers would be sacked.

An agency spokesperson said the Central Intelligence Agency is reviewing the status of employees hired within the past two years. “For some personnel, that process will result in termination,” the spokesperson said in an email.

CIA officers have to contend with special pressures and fast-paced situations, and not everyone is suited for the work, the spokesperson said.

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🚨A judge’s ruling grants CIA Director John Ratcliffe the authority to fire employees without cause.

The CIA is laying off officers hired in the past two years, with dismissals happening off-site where IDs must be surrendered. pic.twitter.com/cME2k7UNv3

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Per Reuters:

The Central Intelligence Agency fired a slew of recent hires this week, three people familiar with the matter said, cuts that current and former U.S. intelligence officers warned would risk damaging U.S. national security.

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The firings under U.S. President Donald Trump’s new CIA director, John Ratcliffe, come as Trump presides over massive federal workforce reductions overseen by billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).