{"id":163235,"date":"2025-02-06T12:53:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T10:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=163235"},"modified":"2025-02-06T12:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T10:53:59","slug":"trump-cleans-up-intelligence-agencies-employees-of-four-agencies-offered-severance-packages-cia-also-targeted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/trump-cleans-up-intelligence-agencies-employees-of-four-agencies-offered-severance-packages-cia-also-targeted\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUMP CLEANS UP INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES: Employees of four agencies offered severance packages, CIA also targeted!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>U.S. administration<\/strong> has sent <strong>severance offers<\/strong> to employees of <strong>at least four American intelligence agencies<\/strong>, including the <strong>CIA<\/strong>, as part of <strong>President Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/strong> efforts to <strong>reduce the federal workforce<\/strong>, spokespeople for these agencies have confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to agency representatives, the offers were extended to personnel from the <strong>Office of the Director of National Intelligence<\/strong>, the <strong>National Security Agency (NSA)<\/strong>, the <strong>National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency<\/strong>, and the <strong>National Reconnaissance Office<\/strong>, <em>Reuters<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)<\/strong> announced on <strong>Tuesday<\/strong> that its staff had also received <strong>severance package offers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <strong>CIA spokesperson<\/strong> stated that these measures are part of the <strong>strategy of the new CIA Director John Ratcliffe<\/strong>, <em>Reuters<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s plans<\/strong> to <strong>reduce the federal workforce<\/strong> in the <strong>United States<\/strong> have caused <strong>panic among employees<\/strong> and <strong>some minor public protests<\/strong>. The <strong>amount of the severance packages<\/strong> being offered, as well as <strong>specific details regarding layoffs<\/strong>, remain <strong>unknown<\/strong>, according to the <strong>British news agency<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE IN ENGLISH:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02Z5nrFez8o4armvPEB32P3CcxTd19Dqq4AAqMwPd7LGYaZdoSALNzorxksWjjhbWnl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"616\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>severance offers<\/strong> are part of a <strong>broader reform<\/strong> of the <strong>U.S. government<\/strong> being carried out by the <strong>Trump administration<\/strong>, which has already <strong>fired hundreds of federal employees<\/strong> in an effort to <strong>reduce bureaucracy<\/strong> and place <strong>loyalists in key positions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>White House<\/strong> last week offered the possibility of <strong>paid leave<\/strong> until <strong>September 30<\/strong> for <strong>two million permanent federal employees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>unions representing federal employees<\/strong> have filed a <strong>lawsuit<\/strong> in an attempt to <strong>block the plan<\/strong>, <em>Tanjug<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/kurti-in-trouble-due-to-trumps-decision-around-130-million-in-usaid-assistance-for-pristina-frozen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">KURTI IN TROUBLE DUE TO TRUMP\u2019S DECISION: Around $130 million in USAID assistance for Pri\u0161tina frozen!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/great-news-for-serbian-children-in-america-jasminka-petrovic-brings-her-famous-workshops-and-film-to-chicago-and-washington-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">GREAT NEWS FOR SERBIAN CHILDREN IN AMERICA: Jasminka Petrovi\u0107 brings her famous workshops and film to Chicago and Washington! (VIDEO)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-new-york-times-on-serbian-media-after-protests-in-novi-sad-rts-changed-its-tune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE NEW YORK TIMES ON SERBIAN MEDIA: After protests in Novi Sad, RTS \u201cchanged Its tune\u201d!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: Agencije, <strong>Foto<\/strong>: EPA-EFE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. administration has sent severance offers to employees of at least four American intelligence agencies, including the CIA, as part of President Donald Trump&#8217;s efforts to reduce the federal workforce, spokespeople for these agencies have confirmed. 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