Just over a week ago, the Trump administration sent a buyout offer to about 2 million federal employees. But there were certain groups of employees that were no given that offer at the time, including postal workers and anyone in the intelligence community.
Yesterday, the same buyout offer was extended to the entire CIA at the request of the new CIA director, John Ratcliffe.
The CIA appeared to be the first intelligence agency to tell its employees that they can quit their jobs and receive about eight months of pay and benefits as part of Trump’s push to downsize the federal government…
Ratcliffe told the White House to extend the same buyout package to the CIA, the aide said, believing it would pave the way for a more aggressive spy agency.
A CIA spokeswoman said the move was part of an effort to “infuse the agency with renewed energy.”
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