{"id":2404183,"date":"2025-02-19T11:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-places-hold-on-firing-of-11-cia-agents\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T11:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:10:40","slug":"federal-judge-places-hold-on-firing-of-11-cia-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-places-hold-on-firing-of-11-cia-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal judge places hold on firing of 11 CIA agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-judge-places-hold-on-firing-of-11-cia-agents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2404183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge, Anthony Trenga, issued a temporary halt to the firings \u2062of 11 Central \u200dIntelligence Agency (CIA) officers who were engaged in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access (DEI) \u200bprograms. This decision follows a lawsuit from former CIA officer Kevin Carroll, who claimed that their dismissals were \u2064arbitrary \u200dand lacked\u2063 proper justification. The officers, who had been instructed to\u200c return to work without legal representation, will now remain on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">administrative leave wiht full\u200c pay<\/a> \u2062and benefits\u2062 while awaiting further \u2064developments.The\u2062 judge&#8217;s order allows the \u200dTrump governance until Thursday to respond to the officers\u2019 request for a temporary \u200brestraining order against\u200d their firings. \u200bThis situation reflects ongoing confusion surrounding personnel changes initiated by \u2062the Trump administration, as seen in other \u200cfederal agencies, where recent firings have also been contested\u2064 or rescinded.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Federal judge places hold on firing of 11 CIA agents<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1997782\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-options-on-title-42-limited-after-court-ruling\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Options on Title 42 Limited After Court Ruling\">federal judge temporarily halted<\/a> the firing of nearly a dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Central Intelligence Agency<\/a> officers who were working on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access programs at the spy agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The order from U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga gives President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s administration until Thursday to file a response to a request from the intelligence officers for a temporary restraining order on their firing. The intelligence officers are among the 51 employees at the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence who were told to report to work Wednesday with their badges and without a lawyer, an order which indicated their imminent termination, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/judge-temporarily-halts-firing-11-us-intelligence-officers-rcna192735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawsuit filed on Monday by former CIA officer Kevin Carroll, the officers are &ldquo;nonpartisan&rdquo; career intelligence professionals who were temporarily assigned to work on DEI programs. The lawsuit called their firing &ldquo;arbitrary&rdquo; and &ldquo;capricious&rdquo; and &ldquo;unsupported by any evidentiary record whatsoever.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit additionally said Trump&rsquo;s executive order to remove all DEI positions in the federal government did not go as far as to call for the termination of employees temporarily assigned to these types of programs. The plaintiffs are arguing that while the CIA does have the authority to fire officers deemed a national security risk, the officers who were fired were not seen as such.<\/p>\n<p>These intelligence officers will continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-worlds-largest-four-day-workweek-pilot-program-just-began-could-it-come-to-the-united-states\/\" title=\"The World\u2019s Largest Four-Day ...week Pilot Program Just Began. Could It Come To The United States?\">receive full pay<\/a> and benefits while on administrative leave.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the Trump administration&rsquo;s firings in other agencies have also created confusion. Last week, approximately 300 federal employees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3321455\/nnsa-nuclear-agency-fired-employees-termination-rescinded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">who were fired<\/a> from the National Nuclear Security Administration had their terminations rescinded after some members of Congress petitioned Energy Secretary Chris Wright to do so, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-backs-house-oversight-holding-fbi-director-wray-in-contempt\/\" title=\"McCarthy supports holding FBI Director Wray in contempt by House Oversight.\">citing national security risks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Department of Agriculture said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3323282\/usda-rehire-recently-fired-staff-working-bird-flu-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">accidentally fired <\/a>multiple agency employees who had been working on the government&rsquo;s response to the bird flu. They said they were attempting to rehire those employees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Although several positions supporting [bird flu efforts] were notified of their terminations over the weekend, we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters,&rdquo; a USDA spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1997782\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1997782\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal judge blocks firing of 11 CIA diversity officers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2404184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIA.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50667,33791,50668],"class_list":["post-2404183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cia-agents","tag-federal-judge","tag-legal-hold"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CIA.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2404183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2404187,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2404183\/revisions\/2404187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2404184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2404183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2404183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2404183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}