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ARTICLE VIEW:
DHS intelligence branch planning to shrink staffing by 75% amid
elevated threat level
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN
Updated:
8:26 PM EDT, Thu July 3, 2025
Source: CNN
The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to cut nearly 75% of
staffing at the agency’s office tasked with developing and sharing
threat intelligence with state and local partners, according to an
official familiar with the plans.
The planned cuts of about 750 at the Office of Intelligence and
Analysis, which has a staff of around 1,000, are part of the
department’s efforts to remove what leadership considers redundant
roles or those working on “non-critical programs,” DHS said in a
statement Thursday.
Some Democratic lawmakers asked DHS to pause the cuts, raising concerns
over the elevated threat environment intelligence officials have
reported.
The roughly 275 staffers left after the planned cuts will still be
tasked with the mission established in the wake of the September 11,
2001, attacks on the US –- to provide intelligence related to threats
to the homeland to local and state law enforcement as well as other
government officials.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, we focused on getting the
Department of Homeland Security back to its core mission of
prioritizing American safety and enforcing our laws,” the department
said. “DHS component leads have identified redundant positions and
non-critical programs within the Office of Intelligence and
Analysis.”
In a to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Director of
National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic lawmakers on the House
and Senate committees on homeland security implored the officials to
reconsider the planned cuts.
“We urge you not to take this drastic and unilateral step and instead
to consult with Congress about alternative ways to make I&A as
effective and efficient as possible,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter
Wednesday. “Radically reducing I&A’s workforce at headquarters or
in the field would create dangerous and unnecessary security gaps and
could again leave us in the dark about the threats that lie ahead.”
The letter continued, noting that “at a time when DHS is rightly
warning about an elevated threat environment from terrorists and
cartels, we should be focused on plugging security gaps rather than
senselessly creating new ones.”
The planned cuts may not be the last seen under the Trump
administration to offices inside DHS.
“The Department is actively working to identify other wasteful
positions and programs that do not align with DHS’s mission to
prioritize American safety and enforce our laws,” the agency said.
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