US Spy World Worries It Will Be Next for Trump’s DOGE-Led Purges

Feb. 7, 2025, 5:01 AM UTC

The Trump administration’s campaign to root out perceived disloyalty or waste at the Justice Department, the US Agency for International Development and other federal agencies has lawmakers and former senior spy officials worried that the intelligence community is up next for a purge.

The nation’s intelligence giants including the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency have so far escaped scrutiny from Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” and other critics chasing what they see as so-called Deep State resistance and bureaucratic bloat.

But the former intelligence officials suggested it might only be a matter of time, especially given ...

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