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Andrew Bustamante says CIA lost one undercover officer daily in 2018–2020

Everyday Spy · Ex-CIA Officer Reveals Which World Leader Will Actually Launch a Nuke First · August 2, 2026
Andrew Bustamante says CIA lost one undercover officer daily in 2018–2020
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Ex-CIA Officer Reveals Which World Leader Will Actually Launch a Nuke First
"If you look back in the last few years of the real CIA, you saw a mass exodus from 2018 to 2020, right? The estimated average loss was one undercover officer a day for two straight years. The publicly available number is that there's only 10,000 undercover officers at CIA."
Andrew Bustamante alleges the CIA saw a “mass exodus” from 2018 to 2020, claiming an average loss of one undercover officer per day. He argues the agency later pursued a hiring surge after the Trump-to-Biden transition. He does not cite documents or sources for the attrition estimate in the clip.
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