CIA is terminating some probationary employees

The CIA has begun terminating some probationary employees—generally, people with one to two years on the job, who have fewer civil service protections—the intelligence agency confirmed Thursday.The firings come a week after a federal judge ruled on a separate personnel action, permitting CIA Director John Ratcliffe to fire employees at his own discretion after intelligence officers assigned to diversity, equity and inclusion roles were targeted in dismissal orders from