CIA to Slash Over 1,000 Jobs Amid Intelligence Challenges

The CIA plans to eliminate more than 1,000 positions over the next several years via attrition, part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to shrink the federal government, The New York Times reported.

The agency has already dismissed 80 recent hires and is attempting to fire officers focused on diversity efforts.

The agency has already dismissed 80 recent hires and is attempting to fire officers focused on diversity efforts, though a judge has temporarily blocked that move. The cuts come as the CIA struggles to recover from devastating security breaches in

China and Iran, where local intelligence networks were dismantled after foreign governments accessed sensitive U.S. data. The personnel reductions, sources say, could hamper efforts to rebuild the CIA’s global capabilities at a time of growing threats.