CIA List of New Recruits Risks Adversaries Exploiting Data
- Agency sent list of new hires to comply with White House order
- Trump trying to shrink federal workforce across agencies
Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
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The Central Intelligence Agency may have opened the door to additional national security risks after it put the names of recent recruits in an unclassified email to the White House to comply with an executive order, as President Donald Trump looks to slash the size of the federal workforce.
Former intelligence officers slammed the move and warned it may have compromised the employees’ cover, curbing their ability to operate for the years to come — particularly for recruits that are set to enter into clandestine missions abroad. That may also deter others potentially interested from applying to join in the future.