PanArab@lemm.eeM to InflectionPointUSA@lemm.ee · 1 month agoTrump plans major downsizing at U.S. spy agencieswww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkTrump plans major downsizing at U.S. spy agencieswww.washingtonpost.comPanArab@lemm.eeM to InflectionPointUSA@lemm.ee · 1 month agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
https://archive.is/2025.05.02-204347/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/02/cia-layoffs-trump-administration/
minus-squareCheradenine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoHe will use this to stack the agency the way he stacked the courts. He’ll turn all the three letter agencies into his personal Stasi. This is not a win
minus-squarePanArab@lemm.eeOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 month agoWere the Stasi involved in any coups? I don’t know. If they weren’t and if their violence was merely towards domestic enemies, then this is at least unintentional harm reduction by the Trump administration.
He will use this to stack the agency the way he stacked the courts. He’ll turn all the three letter agencies into his personal Stasi.
This is not a win
Were the Stasi involved in any coups? I don’t know. If they weren’t and if their violence was merely towards domestic enemies, then this is at least unintentional harm reduction by the Trump administration.