CIA, the first of the major security agencies to receive Trump's resignation offers

The CIA has become the first major security agency whose personnel have been offered the chance to quit their post in exchange for a juicy compensation. Although the offer has been extended to all agency employees, certain profiles and critical areas appear to be exempt, with voluntary departures not being accepted in those cases.

According to CIA sources, the director John Ratcliffe himself was the one who requested that the Intelligence agency be included in the incentive leave offers as part of his strategy to "ensure that the CIA workforce responds to the Administration's national security priorities" and "infuse the Agency with renewed energy." In addition, acceptance of incentivized departures by some workers would "provide opportunities for emerging leaders to emerge and better position the CIA to fulfill its mission."

Some 20,000 employees have accepted the administration's proposal

So far, the proposal from Trump's Office of Personnel Management had targeted all federal employees except military personnel, those working in homeland security and immigration, and postal workers. So far, just over 20,000 workers have accepted the OPM deal out of the two million to whom the offer has been presented.

In statements to The Wall Street Journal, which was the media outlet that advanced the news, an aide to Ratcliffe noted that the CIA has also frozen hiring, including those of candidates who have already received a conditional offer. According to this source, it is even likely that some of the job proposals will be torn up if the new heads feel they do not have the right background for the agency's new objectives, which include Trump's trade war, weakening China and the fight against the Mexican cartels.