Trump shrinks the CIA
U.S. Media Reports: Trump Administration Seeks to Reduce American Intelligence Personnel.
According to the English section of the “Webangah news Agency,” citing Mehr News Agency and Qatar’s Al Jazeera, NBC News reported—quoting two unnamed informed sources—that members of the U.S. Congress have been notified about plans to reduce the number of personnel at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under the [Trump administration].
The report states that this measure will involve dismissing approximately 1,000 to 1,200 employees.
additionally, it notes that the Trump administration is planning workforce reductions not onyl in the CIA but also across other U.S. intelligence agencies.