The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing employees hired in the past two years as part of an effort to shrink the federal workforce, raising security concerns among former officials who say the move could expose operatives to foreign adversaries, The New York Times reported.

The list, which included first names and the first initial of last names, identified probationary employees who could be dismissed more easily under the White House’s workforce reduction directive.

Many of those named were young analysts and operatives hired to expand the agency’s intelligence operations on China, an area of increasing focus for U.S. espionage efforts.

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