According to the Washington Post, the government informed Congress that Reductions will be distributed for many years and will not be associated with dismissals.
CIA reductions. “Will correspond to the priorities”
The CIA spokesman did not confirm this information, but stated that the director of the agency John Ratcliffe “takes quick action to ensure that CIA staff will correspond to the priorities in the field of national security determined by the government. “
The CIA spokesman added that “these changes should enable the CIA Taking the best position to fulfill her tasks. “
Earlier, the CIA, as the first agency of the federal government, proposed reducing the number of officers Responding to the intention to eliminate thousands of work positions in the system of federal institutions announced by Trump.
USA. The number of positions in the CIA will decrease
The number of CIA officers remains secret, but according to the data disclosed in 2013 by Edward Snowden and published by “Washington Post” it is about 21 thousand.
According to the journal The cuttings will also include the NSAanother intelligence agency, specializing in particular in cyber security.