If I was a Five Eyes nation, I'd be looking long and hard at reducing head count...or at least changing the name to "Four Eyes and an Asshole"
- 4blue1brown
- That band name goes hard
  
  Hahahaha Lock it in and hit up suno.ai
- at least they better be holding-back the intel they do have and are gathering on americans for the TLAs

His aide, according to the WSJ, said Trump's CIA will have a greater focus on the Western Hemisphere, targeting countries not traditionally considered adversaries of the United States.
literally making our closest neighbors into enemies so he can be buddies with Putin and Kim
- I feel like Putin, Xi, and Dumbold divided up the globe and they’ll all focus on taking as much as possible in their sections

The party of law and order is officially defunding the police. Great job!
- CIA ain't police
  
  They're bacon nonetheless
  
  They kinda do like to play world secret police though.

Of all the agencies that I thought would capitulate quickly, I’ve got to admit I’m a bit shocked by this one.
At the same time, I’m sure this is not the whole story.
- the TLAs are the feds standing in the emperor's and lord diaper's way the most. justice is locked-down, as is enough of the courts; half of congress is in a daze and the moron majority is eating the orange poo; but the TLAs have off-the-book ops and funding to do 'things'.
- Yeah, they killed Kennedy over a lot less, and this time they're all at risk of losing their jobs and they're just going to shrug it off?
  
  Kennedy fired the architect of the CIA and planned to significantly cut their budget. What has Trump done that antagonizes them at anything close to that level?
  Y'all just think because you personally don't like Trump, the CIA must not like him either. But the CIA does not share your interests or values, in fact, they're pretty much completely opposite.
- They used up all their energy and resources on the 500 times they tried to murk Castro, they got no juice left.
- Well it is the CIA, it is plausible they're just playing the game to stay on Trump's good side. Maybe they 'buyout' a Joe and 'rehire' a Joey that just so happens to know everything Joe did, but 'adores' Trump for reasons
  
  My first thought was: everyone in the CIA “retires” and gets “consulting” gigs with shell companies nobody has heard of.
- Why?
  
  I think it's not that far fetched to presume the CIA has major political power within the US, more than the EPA at least. If someone, they know how to assassinate a president or a billionaire and make it look like an accident.

then, replenish the workforce with putin puppets and kgb assets.

The last president to do a mass firing at the CIA was Carter. Hopefully this turns out just as well for Trump.
- I sincerely hope Trump doesn't make it to 100 years old.
  
  I agree, unless he ends up in jail, then I hope he grows very old.

Well, there goes one of my remedies. Will the military capitulate next?
- I for one am shocked that the CIA is not standing up for the democratic values it's so well known for upholding.
- They view the civilian goverment as above them at all times through all means, it's very serious military doctorine to always be guided by the civilian goverment. How that plays out with a fascist in charge who wants to violate the constitution, who is clearly using legalism to order blatantly illegal actions already, it's not clear. But in my opinion the leadership of the military will hold their nose and do whatever they are told and the enlisted will largely enjoy that.
  
  They're fascists, they bend the knee. That's how it works out.

If your neighbors are CIA it might be time to dox them
- The only guy I know in the CIA was trying to pick up my friend in a bar!

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