Judge Allows C.I.A. to Fire Officers Who Worked on Diversity Issues
Many of the officers had been ordered to take positions in recruiting under the previous C.I.A. director.
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Many of the officers had been ordered to take positions in recruiting under the previous C.I.A. director.
The possible purge of officers working on recruiting and diversity comes as the agency moves to comply with the spirit of an executive order banning efforts to diversify the federal work force.
The full Senate will vote on President Trump’s pick to be the director of national intelligence. She was one of the most contentious cabinet choices.
Ms. Gabbard grew up in a secretive offshoot of the Hare Krishna movement and has made a dizzying journey from conservative to liberal darling to Trump ally.
A new analysis that began under the Biden administration is released by the C.I.A.’s new director, John Ratcliffe, who wants the agency to get “off the sidelines” in the debate.
He has offered a vision for a more aggressive spy agency, and his focus on the threat from China is widely shared by Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
The spy agency is trying to give its teams better tools and make it easier for the private sector to develop technology for their secretive work.
As C.I.A. director, William J. Burns was deeply focused on China and Russia when the Middle East conflict plunged him back into his old life.
The move by an agency within the Department of Homeland Security was part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to strengthen oversight and set clear guidelines for handling intelligence.
The analyst was charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act and faces up to a decade in prison for disclosing sensitive information about Israel’s response to an Iranian attack.