by Ross O’Keefe at Washington Examiner
The CIA has reportedly offered the same eight-month buyout that most federal employees have been extended as part of the Trump administration’s attempt to shrink the government.
The original buyout order excluded the CIA and other federal agencies.
A CIA spokeswoman said the move was part of an effort to “infuse the agency with renewed energy,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
The CIA is also freezing the hiring for job seekers who have already been given a conditional offer. Some offers could even be rescinded, the outlet said.
The Trump administration is purging federal agencies that don’t align with its ideology or aren’t motivated to work under them. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is also reducing positions within the federal government as a cost-cutting measure.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe,…