WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of President Donald Trump is planning significant personnel cuts at the Central Intelligence Agency and other major U.S. spy units, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the plans. The CIA plans to cut 1,200 positions, along with thousands more from other parts of the U.S. intelligence community, […]
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Trump administration plans to downsize US spy agencies, Washington Post reports
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of President Donald Trump is planning significant personnel cuts at the Central Intelligence Agency and other major U.S. spy units, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the plans.
The CIA plans to cut 1,200 positions, along with thousands more from other parts of the U.S. intelligence community, the newspaper reported.
Since taking office in January, Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk have gone on a cost-cutting drive that has gutted and attempted to dismantle various agencies, and resulted in the departure of over 200,000 federal workers.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington, Editing by Franklin Paul)