Intelligence Officers Won’t Exit En Masse During the Trump Administration
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Authors
Gioe, David V.
Issue Date
2017
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Reports
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Intelligence Professionals , Trump Administration
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Abstract
Former intelligence analyst Edward Price dramatically resigned from CIA last week in an op-ed in the Washington Post—complete with a video critique that has gone viral on social media. Is Mr. Price’s departure the first crack in a dam of intelligence professionals flooding toward the exits? Or can he be viewed as a theatrical, but statistically insignificant, blip on the radar of service at CIA? Over the last few months, I’ve heard pundits speculating whether federal government employees will resign over President Donald Trump’s policies, his policy process, or his controversial senior staff. The New York Times has run several articles suggesting that federal employees are “quietly gathering information about whistle-blower protections as they polish their resumes,” and presumably Mr. Price is the harbinger of this prophecy coming true.
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Gioe, David V. "Intelligence Officers Won’t Exit En Masse During the Trump Administration". Lawfare, 2017.
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Lawfare