Gabbard Seeks to Consolidate Her Control of President’s Daily Brief
President Trump has wondered over time about whether the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which was created after the 9/11 attacks, should continue to exist.
Central Intelligence Agency
C.I.A. Rejects Diversity Efforts Once Deemed as Essential to Its Mission
The Trump administration is dismantling programs that some former directors believed helped sharpen the agency’s competitive edge.
C.I.A. Fires Top Doctor Targeted by Far-Right Activist
The director of the agency’s Center for Global Health Services was dismissed a month short of qualifying for full federal retirement benefits, according to a lawsuit.
C.I.A. to Cut Over 1,000 Staff Positions, Using Attrition
The agency plans, for now, to use attrition, including retirements and voluntary resignations, to reduce the size of the C.I.A. instead of more mass firings.
C.I.A. Aims to Recruit Chinese Nationals With New Videos
The appeal reflects the priority John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, has placed on increasing the agency’s intelligence collection on China.
Torture and Secret C.I.A. Prisons Haunt 9/11 Case in Judge’s Ruling
Prosecutors have said they will appeal the decision, although they lost a similar appeal this year.
CIA Director’s Messages in Leaked Signal Chat Were Deleted, Agency Says
A watchdog group has said the exchanges on the Signal app were federal records, and sued in an effort to preserve them.
Richard L. Armitage, 79, Dies; State Department Official in a Turbulent Era
While serving as Colin Powell’s deputy during the Iraq war, he found himself at the center of a scandal when he leaked a C.I.A. operative’s name.
Chinese Intelligence May Be Trying to Recruit Fired U.S. Officials
An advisory says that foreign agencies are posing as consulting firms, think tanks and other organizations to connect with former government employees.
Elon Musk Visits CIA to Discuss DOGE Cuts
A federal judge ordered the agency to reconsider its firings of employees who had been assigned to diversity recruiting.