The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the United States' premier intelligence agency, responsible for gathering, analyzing, and disseminating foreign intelligence. The Trump administration, under the oversight of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is implementing workforce reductions across federal agencies. These cuts are now impacting the CIA. - The CIA is firing an unspecified number of recently hired officers. - The firings are part of President Trump's administration's effort to reduce the federal workforce. - Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is overseeing the workforce reductions. - Current and former intelligence officers are warning that the cuts could damage U.S. national security. - John Ratcliffe, the new CIA director, is implementing the cuts.