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they are doing DOGE-cuts to all of intelligence now anyway dozens upon dozens fired for no reason so US "intelligence" is going to go even further backwards

• parineum 4mo ago
  > dozens upon dozens fired for no reason When you say without reason do you mean without cause?
  • islandfox100 4mo ago
    Seems to me OP's implication is that they were fired because someone wanted to hit a quota of (employees cut/payroll expenses reduced), or other similarly ''reasonless'' justifications.
• kansface 4mo ago
  Here is one sector of the US government I'm happy to see burned down. If the alternative is the status quo, I'm OK with any roll of the dice.
  • tempodox 4mo ago
    It can always get worse.
    • eigenspace 4mo ago
      Pah! Nonsense. What could possibly be worse than Weimar Germany or Tsarist Russia?
      • baby_souffle 4mo ago
        Speed running through that to 1984?
  • shimman 4mo ago
    You're assuming that they are "dismantling" it in a sense, what they are actually doing is mostly attacking workers while introducing extremely unsafe software. If you think LLMs are terrible, imagine it being the gatekeeper on whether your personal info is shared to an individual (and they ain't wasting time on the boring info either!). When you want to reorient the government, it's much easier doing it with a smaller more loyal force. Now introduce tools that make mass surveillance easier and less accountable. Like that's not a bad thing for them, that's what they want to do. --- Back to the article, I'm not shocked that a massive LLM company speed running into the brick wall that is the US government; just thought it would be OpenAI, but Sam Altman is truly the best bottom feeder the game. Also fully believe that Anthropic is hoping that public sentiment is on their side but more Americans hate AI companies than Trump so it's not going to go how they want. Give it maybe 3-6 months before the Trump Admin talks about openly nationalizing Anthropic.
• derektank 4mo ago
  The NSA is managed by the NSA director, an independently appointed and confirmed office separate from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The DNI does have the authority to restrict funds to the NSA, and sets certain priorities, policy, etc. but the NSA director is not beholden to the DNI and makes their hiring and firing decisions independently. They’re also, currently and historically though not required by statute, a flag officer in the US military and dual-hatted as the commander of CYBERCOM. All this is to say, chaos in the office of the DNI does not necessarily impact the NSA.
  • dragontamer 4mo ago
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-haugh-firing-trump-60-minutes/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-haugh-firing-trump-60-minut...
    • malshe 4mo ago
      > Haugh was fired in April of this year after far-right activist Laura Loomer met with President Trump. What kind of sick joke is that
      • dragontamer 4mo ago
        An old forgotten joke despite being only a year old.
    • derektank 4mo ago
      Yes, the president can cause chaos in the NSA directly if he chooses (as can the SecDef). The DNI can’t.
• sailfast 4mo ago
  Anecdata suggests NSA just got on board and kept going tbh. Not sure they’ve felt the same impacts / churn as other agencies, and not sure they’ve ever really been that beholden to the DNI.
• Computer0 4mo ago
  I don't want a single person to be working at NSA and I find ANY terms to effectuate that outcome to be acceptable. Very much so including DOGE, which I despise.