Musk Visits C.I.A. to Discuss Downsizing Efforts

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/politics/elon-musk-cia-doge.html

Musk Visits C.I.A. to Discuss Downsizing Efforts
A federal judge ordered the agency to reconsider its firings of employees who had been assigned to diversity recruiting.
By Julian E. Barnes
March 31, 2025, 6:22 p.m. ET

Elon Musk visited C.I.A. headquarters on Monday to discuss his efforts to downsize the government as a federal judge ordered the agency to reconsider its firings of employees who had been assigned to diversity recruiting.

The C.I.A. in February moved to fire some of the people who had worked on diversity issues, pursuant to an executive order from President Trump and guidance from his administration.

Officials would not describe in detail the nature of Mr. Musk’s visit. But John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, has been shrinking the agency and considering a wider reorganization.

In a statement, a C.I.A. spokesman said Mr. Musk was at the headquarters at the invitation of Mr. Ratcliffe “to discuss government efficiency.”

Mr. Musk previously visited the National Security Agency, which collects some of the most valuable intelligence, scooping up telephone and computer communications around the world.

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It's a shame the CIA can't remove the parasite

[dchill]

1. parasite(s)

[alarimer]

2. I think they should rendition him

To one of their black sites.

[sop]

3. "It's a shame the CIA can't remove the parasite."

Maybe I've read and watched too many spy thrillers, but I suspect those conversations are ongoing.

[Jit423]

4. If this had been a Dem administration doing this the CIA would have cancelled most of these people early on. nt