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Private Intelligence and Trump Administration
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The Trump administration paid a premium to the private intelligence world, causing senior officers to retire early and work for companies like Raytheon. Trump saw this as bypassing service to the American people and tried to take away the incentive for officials to leave by supporting the CIA to incentivize competent and experienced people to stay.
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Trump aimed to take away the incentive for senior officials to retire from the CIA early and work for private intelligence companies by paying them a premium.
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Trump aimed to take away the incentive for senior officials to retire from the CIA early and work for private intelligence companies by paying them a premium. This was an effort to support the CIA, ensuring experienced and competent officials could stay in service and not undermine the government from the private sector.
ChapterPrivate Intelligence and Trump Administration
Episode#310 – Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The need to adapt to customer requirements and scale economic benefits forces businesses to sometimes skirt boundaries of propriety and morality.
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The need to adapt to customer requirements and scale economic benefits forces businesses to sometimes skirt boundaries of propriety and morality. This raises the question of whether intelligence agencies can manipulate public beliefs in order to maximize profit.