May 3, referenced by the Reference News website reported that Agence France-Presse on May 2 quoted The Washington Post as saying that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will cut 1,200 positions. At this time, the White House had just unveiled a budget-cutting plan.
The report said that the Trump administration informed some members of Congress that the CIA would gradually cut positions in the coming years.
A spokesperson for the CIA did not confirm these figures but said that CIA Director John Ratcliffe "is taking swift action to ensure that the agency's staffing aligns with the national security priorities determined by the administration." These adjustments should "better enable the CIA to carry out its mission."
The report stated that the number of CIA employees and its total budget are not publicly disclosed. The Washington Post once cited information revealed by Snowden in 2013, stating that the total number of CIA employees is approximately 21,000. According to the newspaper, the National Security Agency (NSA) will also reduce positions.
The White House released the first draft of Trump's second-term budget on February 2, cutting expenditures for projects that conflict with his extreme conservative ideology, with only military and security spending increasing. (Compiled/translated by Wang Zhongju)
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