Trump-Musk purge of the CIA underway as agency pivots to spying on traditional allies like Mexico
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Employees Central Intelligence Agency It was said that resignation or transition with the president Donald Trump Plans of espionage operations aimed at traditional allies in the United States.
The offer, which was reported CNN and Wall Street JournalIt comes at a time when the Trump administration is preparing for the capabilities Military action in MexicoAfter just announced that drug gangs are there to be foreign terrorist organizations.
The CIA spokesperson, the magazine, said that the intention is to purify the agency’s employees who do not want to help the administration in carrying out spy operations. “To give Trump additional influence in his commercial negotiations, and may spy on the Mexico government amid a continuous commercial dispute.”
This offer also comes at a time when Trump and Talla, CEO Ministry of Governmental efficiencyThey seek to reduce the size of the federal government and reduce spending in ways that legal experts say from violating the American constitution.
Earlier this week, Trump and Musk dismantling A federal agency imposed on Congress, the US Agency for International Development, ends humanitarian aid around the world and provokes protests from Democrats and legal experts. New York University researcher. Shin He said In the New York Times, the efforts made to the authority of Congress in the wallet can be summarized as “programming and the concept of chaos.”
It is not clear whether CIA agents have received the same offer as other federal employees, who were sent to each email sent from Musk employees to payment at the end of September if they resigned before the workers’ layoffs on February 6. Critics noticed that such payments were not declared by Congress, as federal employees unions urge member to ignore the offer, which they are Court challenge.
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