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Employees at the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence received deferred resignation offers in recent days. That's according to sources who spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity. The move is part of an effort to realign the intelligence community with President Trump's agenda.
Employees at the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence received deferred resignation offers in recent days. That's according to sources who spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity. The move is part of an effort to realign the intelligence community with President Trump's agenda.
A CIA spokesperson said Director John Ratcliffe is, quote, moving swiftly to ensure the CIA workforce is responsive to the administration's national security priorities. The offers were sent to all employees of the agencies, though sources cautioned there will likely be exceptions for highly sensitive or senior roles. Jenna McLaughlin, NPR News.
A CIA spokesperson said Director John Ratcliffe is, quote, moving swiftly to ensure the CIA workforce is responsive to the administration's national security priorities. The offers were sent to all employees of the agencies, though sources cautioned there will likely be exceptions for highly sensitive or senior roles. Jenna McLaughlin, NPR News.
On day one, Acting Homeland Security Chief Benjamin Huffman sent a memo to all members of the agency's advisory committees terminating their roles. NPR acquired a copy of the memo, which says the decision is part of an effort to eliminate, quote, misuse of resources.
On day one, Acting Homeland Security Chief Benjamin Huffman sent a memo to all members of the agency's advisory committees terminating their roles. NPR acquired a copy of the memo, which says the decision is part of an effort to eliminate, quote, misuse of resources.
The memo also says that while advisory members can reapply, future committee work will be focused on DHS's mission of protecting the homeland. Trump's pick to lead Homeland Security, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, has said that the agency has gotten distracted by work like election security. She has vowed to shrink DHS components, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
The memo also says that while advisory members can reapply, future committee work will be focused on DHS's mission of protecting the homeland. Trump's pick to lead Homeland Security, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, has said that the agency has gotten distracted by work like election security. She has vowed to shrink DHS components, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Well, it was a slow burn, and I think you have sort of two things happening at the same time. So one is you have huge leaps in technology, right? It becomes much cheaper. to have cameras everywhere and to process the data and their ability to capture images and voices and other kinds of data about us has also gone up dramatically.
Well, it was a slow burn, and I think you have sort of two things happening at the same time. So one is you have huge leaps in technology, right? It becomes much cheaper. to have cameras everywhere and to process the data and their ability to capture images and voices and other kinds of data about us has also gone up dramatically.
Well, it was a slow burn, and I think you have sort of two things happening at the same time. So one is you have huge leaps in technology, right? It becomes much cheaper. to have cameras everywhere and to process the data and their ability to capture images and voices and other kinds of data about us has also gone up dramatically.
At the same time, you have two other factors on the buy side, if you will, right? So one is the government after 9-11 builds a huge surveillance infrastructure and that includes police-owned cameras in our city streets. It also includes purchasing data from all of these different apps and cameras and license plate readers that are all over our cities. Right.
At the same time, you have two other factors on the buy side, if you will, right? So one is the government after 9-11 builds a huge surveillance infrastructure and that includes police-owned cameras in our city streets. It also includes purchasing data from all of these different apps and cameras and license plate readers that are all over our cities. Right.
At the same time, you have two other factors on the buy side, if you will, right? So one is the government after 9-11 builds a huge surveillance infrastructure and that includes police-owned cameras in our city streets. It also includes purchasing data from all of these different apps and cameras and license plate readers that are all over our cities. Right.
Yeah. At the same time, you have a targeted ad market, right? So companies want to know where you went, what you bought, what you clicked on, so they can serve you with targeted ads. So you have this confluence of factors on both the supply side and the demand side, which lead us to a situation where surveillance becomes pervasive.
Yeah. At the same time, you have a targeted ad market, right? So companies want to know where you went, what you bought, what you clicked on, so they can serve you with targeted ads. So you have this confluence of factors on both the supply side and the demand side, which lead us to a situation where surveillance becomes pervasive.
Yeah. At the same time, you have a targeted ad market, right? So companies want to know where you went, what you bought, what you clicked on, so they can serve you with targeted ads. So you have this confluence of factors on both the supply side and the demand side, which lead us to a situation where surveillance becomes pervasive.