This week Elon Musk's is slated to head to the CIA, where he will meet with Director John Ratcliffe to talk about government efficiency.

Independent journalist Catherine Herridge broke the news of the visit, and Ratcliffe reposted her story on X to announce his plans, as The New York Post reported.

There have been concerns that Musk's Department of Government Efficiency would usher in the hated reduction of the number of employees serving in the intelligence services, which is part of what prompted the meeting with the CIA.

Ratcliffe recently stated that DOGE has not yet had any effect at CIA, a notoriously non-transparent agency, when asked about it at last week's House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing.

From the Hearing

“Given the fact that as of this date, no one from DOGE has been on the CIA campus and I’ve had no direct communication with DOGE other than conversations with Elon Musk at Cabinet meetings, I would say the impact is zero,” Ratcliffe said at the hearing.

But the intelligence community is familiar with Musk.

For instance, Musk's SpaceX was used to launch the National Reconnaissance Office's (NROL-69) new mission last week. The NROL-69 mission is responsible for the oversight of America's spy satellites.

According to the NRO, this was their first mission working with SpaceX on behalf of a government initiative "aimed at ensuring continued assured access to space for national security missions."

From the Intel Community

Members of the intelligence community are confused about the potential effects on their employment and agency-wide initiatives to develop and retain talent in light of the Trump administration's plans to reduce government waste.

In response to President Donald Trump's order to reduce the federal workforce, some were concerned that the White House had allegedly instructed the CIA to compile a list of new recruits.

There has been a temporaroy halt in any and all firings at the agency, according to former CIA officer Sue Miller, who made her comments on the "SpyTalk" podcast earlier this month.

Push to Keep Recruits

Miller pushed Trump to keep the CIA's new recruits and fire the long-term staff. She claimed to have retired but is still involved with training as a contractor.

“Start offering early retirements, start getting rid of some of the people at the top,” Miller said on “SpyTalk.”

“Don’t shoot yourself in the foot by getting rid of the smartest people who know AI, who know how to get into things that I don’t know how to do now.”