The CIA is focusing intensely on DEI, and they hope to allow this focus to withstand future administration changes.

From Just the News. A newly revised Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEI) strategy for the Central Intelligence Agency promises to put diversity at the center of promotion decisions and attempt to solidify programs to withstand changing administrations, according to internal documents and a public presentation by senior agency diversity official.

View Comments (0)

Help support IFA monthly by becoming an MMP.

“We see it as the core of our mission,” CIA’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Jerry Laurienti, said of DEI in a presentation earlier this year. He delivered his remarks to the biannual business meeting of the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (DACODAI) in May.

Fred Fleitz, a former CIA agent and national security official in the Trump Administration, told Just the News that DEI initiatives are “dug in quite deep” at the agency and warns they are detrimental to the execution of the mission. …

Laurienti described the presentation as showing how DEI is used as a key filter for candidates for promotion to leadership positions within the intelligence agency and that DEI training is integrated at all levels of leadership, according to the recording of his presentation, meeting minutes, and a CIA slide deck reviewed by Just the News.

The recording of the live presentation was posted to video streaming site Rumble. The content matches with published CIA documents and the meeting minutes from the presentation. …

Performance, corporate mindset, and DEI

The promotion panel assesses each candidate under three criteria, Laurienti said: mission performance, corporate mindset, and DEI.

“And on that third one, they have to show uh, not just that they have been contributing corporately, but rather the impact of their efforts on DEIA,” he said.

According to Laurienti, this means that “they’re creating an equitable inclusive environment within their teams for mission performance all day every day.” …

He also confirmed that DEI has impacted promotions at the agency. “I can tell you in the last two years of panels, we’ve lifted people up and we’ve pushed people down based on those meetings.”

The CIA workforce also has an eye towards making the DEI programs permanent regardless of which administration occupies the White House.

On one slide from Laurienti’s presentation lists conclusions his office drew from workforce feedback about the agency’s DEI programs. One conclusion is that the workforce wants to see programs that endure despite changes in leadership at the White House, even though the President directly controls all executive branch agencies under the Constitution. …

Diverting resources to DEI initiatives

The goals also outline that the CIA should work to “reduce barriers that may impact hiring, promotion, and/or advancement opportunities for individuals from underrepresented groups.” …

Fleitz warns that America’s “mortal enemies” are happy to see the agency diverting resources to DEI initiatives rather than its premier intelligence capabilities, which he says are suffering. …

Share your prayers against DEI below.

(Excerpt from Just the News. Photo Credit: Central Intelligence Agency)