Trump announced he'll be cutting the staff at the CIA by 1,200; that’s probably not nearly deep enough to dig out the rot

Deep State Intel Staffers Once Again Leaking Classified Info To Stop Trump’s Agenda

U.S. intelligence chiefs ordered agencies to tighten surveillance on Greenland, the first tangible step toward President Donald Trump’s oft-stated goal of bringing the Arctic island under American control, sources leaked to The Wall Street Journal.

The directive instructed the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Security Administration (NSA) and the CIA to identify Greenlandic and Danish figures who might back U.S. objectives and to gauge public sentiment toward American resource extraction, the outlet reported Tuesday. Its emergence triggered immediate pushback from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who accused unnamed officials of leaking in order to thwart the administration.

From the details reported below, the current plan to trim the CIA seems to be to accomplish it through voluntary retirements and reduced hiring, but passiveness won’t do it, with this crowd.

Trump administration to cut thousands of jobs from CIA and other spy agencies

CIA to lose 1,200 while NSA among other agencies reported to face downsizing amid president’s drive to shrink federal workforce