Section 2.4 - Q7 - What Does Project 2025 Say?

“Finally, the human resources and talent management systems for onboarding purposes at the ODNI, CIA, and some other elements of the IC are fundamentally broken. For example, according to current CIA Director William Burns, it recently took more than 600 days, on average, for a CIA applicant to receive his or her necessary security clearance. Although security clearance procedures have been somewhat improved in recent years and Burns has committed CIA to reducing that to no more than 180 days, degradation in other areas of the process has limited the IC’s capacity to attract qualified and needed expertise.”

Citation: Project 2025, Section 2.4: Intelligence Community, Dustin J. Carmack, page 244, paragraph 3

Context:

Whoa, red flag! He’s arguing here that the CIA should relax their security clearance background checking process for employees in the name of attracting talent and filling positions more quickly. This could certainly introduce vulnerabilities. It DEFINITELY compromises security standards, increasing the risk of insider threats, espionage, or data leaks. If individuals with insufficient vetting are granted security clearance and later compromise sensitive operations or classified information, there could be significant political fallout. This could lead to congressional inquiries, increased oversight, and legal challenges for the CIA, especially if national security is demonstrably harmed.

Full contextual analysis of Section 2.4: Intelligence Community here.

Section: Section 2.4: Intelligence Community

Categories: National Security, Staffing the Government with Regime Loyalists