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Explosive CIA Shakeup Under Director Ratcliffe Revealed: Declassified Docs, Diversity Purge, and Clashes with Intelligence Chief

Explosive CIA Shakeup Under Director Ratcliffe Revealed: Declassified Docs, Diversity Purge, and Clashes with Intelligence Chief

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Current CIA Director John Ratcliffe has been at the center of several headline-making developments in recent days. According to exclusive coverage from Fox News, Ratcliffe recently broke his silence regarding the newly declassified Durham Annex, which details intelligence findings with major political implications. Ratcliffe explained how documents, only now made public, reveal that there was significant foreign intelligence in 2016 indicating a plan by one presidential candidate to falsely accuse another of collusion with a foreign power. Ratcliffe described how he was able to find and declassify notes from John Brennan and provide them to Special Counsel John Durham, which ultimately became part of the Durham Annex. This annex contained evidence that the FBI opened a criminal investigation into then-candidate Donald Trump just six days after Russian intelligence had predicted such a move, suggesting the intelligence was real and highly consequential. Ratcliffe noted that Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager later confirmed under oath the existence of a plan that Clinton approved to frame Trump, an episode that continues to prompt debate in Washington.

Recent reports from The New York Times outlined a historic move inside the CIA under Ratcliffe’s direction. The agency, aiming to comply with President Trump’s executive order to eliminate diversity-focused programs within the federal workforce, began the process of dismissing personnel involved in recruitment and diversity initiatives. Sources said this represents the largest mass firing at the agency in nearly fifty years. The CIA instructed those on administrative leave to resign or face termination, though a federal court quickly issued a temporary restraining order. This series of actions is now set to be reviewed by a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. The Justice Department has contested efforts to halt the firings, maintaining the agency’s authority to determine its own personnel decisions.

Another major flashpoint involved an internal conflict with Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence. Reports from entertainment and news outlets highlight that tensions escalated between Ratcliffe and Gabbard after she disclosed the name of an undercover CIA officer on a public list, leading to heated disputes about operational secrecy and inter-agency boundaries.

Among other organizational changes, AOL News reported that Ratcliffe requested and received approval from the White House to extend aggressive retirement buyouts to the CIA workforce. The goal is creating a more agile and responsive intelligence service, even as some current and former officials warn that the moves, including the purge of diversity personnel and public leadership disputes, could have lasting consequences for the agency.

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