Saturday, April 5, 2025

D.L. Gardner: CIA Director Invites DOGE

Jeff Childers writes a daily newsletter titled Coffee & Covid on substack.com in which he opines on the news of the day. Childers is a lawyer and a keen purveyor of national politics. In last Saturday’s edition he wrote a section on what he’s labeled as “THUNDER DOME.” Independent and Emmy winning investigative journalist Catherine Herridge posted this scoop on X Friday: “I've learned that @CIADirector Ratcliffe has invited @elonmusk to CIA on Monday to discuss government efficiency @DOGE at the Agency. ” Wow! That one post is packed with explosives!

Many who follow DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) and Elon Musk have assumed intelligence agencies were exempt from DOGE scrutiny. Childers wrote, “I believe that Herridge’s tweet was a muted declaration that Trump’s war against the Deep State just entered its final, conclusive chapter. And the outcome will change history forever— for better or for worse.” Then he explained at length why he believed this. I recommend you read his newsletter.

There are a lot of three-letter agencies and bureaus in the government, but none as expansive and secretive as the CIA. Career staff are the heart and soul of the CIA. They have been there forever, they’re comprised of those who collectively know all of the stuff that has, is, and will be going on. They are the sole keepers of all of that information.

Childers points out what should be obvious to the rest of us in one paragraph.

“Think about it: This isn’t about DOGE or efficiency or cost cutting. It’s about information control. It’s about access to a deliberately opaque, compartmentalized, self-financing black-budget machine that’s historically operated with zero accountability, even to its own directors.”

Oh WOW! A new director of the CIA walks into his or her office knowing only what career staff say. No director can single-handedly direct or control what’s really going on at the micro level. Control is built into the hands of the career staff.

But DOGE is President Trump’s instrument to probe the deepest and darkest secrets of one of the least accountable or transparent agencies in the world. Of all the three-lettered agencies the CIA is not only a crown jewel, it’s the whole crown.

What could a rocket scientist and a cohort of AI engineers do with all that information? Is anyone else nervous about that? President Trump promised to drain the swamp that is the deep state that’s been running our nation for decades. How might media cover DOGE’s findings? How might the government change? How might the world change?

Jeff Childers is smart, entertaining, and knows how to write a good story. I won’t ruin the end of his story here, but will strongly recommend you read it for yourself online https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/, Saturday, March 29, 2025.

Someone or more are spending a lot of money to misrepresent the work DOGE has already done as well as to misinform DTS (Donald Trump Syndrome) media viewers and readers about the intentions of President Trump and the new “department.” To get an accurate picture of DOGE, go to https://doge.gov/savings.

DOGE estimates it has saved $130 billion for an average of $807.45 per taxpayer so far. Going deeper the site lists agencies and the results of efficiencies made. Watch for fireworks at the CIA.

Daniel L. Gardner is a columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com.

36 comments:

Anonymous said...

DOGE will find out how much those spies are spending on hookers overseas.

Anonymous said...

Legislature should enact a law that requires them to work without pay in any special session called because they didn't do their jobs (for which they have already been paid) in the regular session to pass a budget. Or they should volunteer to work without pay in the special session. They would be raising holy hell if some state agency were this negligent.

Anonymous said...

Don't bogart that joint my friend,
Pass it over to me!

Anonymous said...

Not sure how it can get much worse at this point. Trump is openly doing Putin’s bidding. Trump is pushing the entire planet away from the United States and into the arms of China and Russia, either into BRICS, or pushing the planet into some other reserve currency besides the USD. Either way, this nation is doomed to third world status very soon.

Anonymous said...

Sounds good to me. Why should we, as a country, let a group of people we do not even know about try to run our country. What is so secret that the president of the U.S. is not allowed to know? We elected the president. We do not even know who these people are.

Trump is trying to do what should have been done a long time ago. Why should a group of people no one knows about be able to run our country? That is about as dumb as paying tariffs to other countries when they do not pay us tariffs.

Anonymous said...

Either way, this nation is doomed to third world status very soon.

Since you're sure of this are you preparing to leave?

Anonymous said...

Never seen so many people eagerly cheer for their own demise. @9:30 is correct. Inflation is imminent. A recession is on the way. And those are the least of our problems. At first I thought Russia-gate was a hoax but now I’m not so sure.

Anonymous said...

For the sake of your mental health stop watching The View. You can thank me later.

Anonymous said...

Of course, D.L. completely overlooks that DOGE doesn't require security clearance for its "workers" nor even citizenship. It was created in executive order not in laws written by Congress. Musk hasn't been a citizen as long as half of our college kids (which may explain why Musk dresses and behaves like he's hoping still to get accepted in a fraternity). It's appalling that he will get access to our most classified documents and the identity of every spy we have across the world and where they can be found. Those of us who actually have social security and have paid in for decades hope none of nerdy kids needs money.
Already Trump again shows a lack of interest in our national security given the SIGNAL dumb attack! Don't know...mistake...
Here's a hint, DL, our enemies who would steal weapon technology, and order torture of our spies are " experienced".
But the BIG WORRY IS THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT ANYONE WHO CAN'T ADMIT A MISTAKE IS NOT GOING TO SUDDENLY DO SO TODAY and may find that foreign leaders love their countries and themselves more. They are likely even are smart enough to have studied the Hoover administration policies or Taft's (which included Smoot-Hartley) as historic, catastrophic economic failures in their foreign universities.

Anonymous said...

@10:07 I am already gone. I have been living abroad since 2019.

@10:41 That show doesn’t air outside of the USA.

Anonymous said...

@11:00 AM it is going to take the MAGAtards half the day to research all those TRUTH NUKES you dropped. They’ve never heard those words on Fox News before, so they may even just try to pretend it is FAKE NEWS 😂

Anonymous said...

Some people have no faith in this country……people will always go to the worse case scenario. Take a break from the news and go live your life some.

Anonymous said...

Some of y'all need to travel more. And I don't mean a few hours off a cruise ship at Cabo or Cozumel. The US has been a top-tier Turd World dump for a while now, but the slide is beginning to steepen. There isn't any path to make America even a little bit better, let alone great, without some economic pain.

Anonymous said...

You live abroad but lurk anonymously online in Mississippi. Thanks, that says it all.

Anonymous said...

11:00am, how do you know if the secret people in the CIA are citizens and have a security clearance? Who knows who these people are and they have access to our classified documents and know the identity of all of our spies.

Anonymous said...

@1:13 I still have family living in the Metro and I grew up there. Sorry you couldn’t escape. I am not sorry that I did.

Anonymous said...

You poor thing. Keeping yourself in an uproar, like you're doing, isn't helping anyone. Go fix you a toddy for the body, and chill out. It's going to be alright. Bless your heart.

Anonymous said...

@1:13 calling someone out that posts anonymously while posting anonymously…I bet your mother said you were special 😎

Anonymous said...

Why are we even concerned about the CIA? In the new order the oligarchs who run this country will simply use their mercenaries to perform the international dirty work to protect their interests. The CIA is grossly inefficient in comparison.

Anonymous said...

Do you really think the oligarchs want to use their own money? Nope, the Right-wing billionaires want to use taxpayer funds just like USAID paying for Soros and Schwab’s color revolutions.

Trump has never been anything more than a check-valve to make the sheeple feel like they are still free.

You won’t even control your own thoughts once we all have all have a Neurolink connected 24/7 to Starlink beaming X/Grok propaganda directly into our cerebral cortex.

Anonymous said...

Doge is so careless and deceitful, there is zero chance this is a good thing. Our country is going to shit under Trump. MAGA will never admit they screwed up so I don’t see a way out of this spiral. It was a good country while it lasted, what a waste.

always alice said...

DOGE is finding abuse of taxpayer money in many areas. This should have been done years ago!

Anonymous said...

Wow, the worst US President ever just left an Oval Office shit sandwich in January and you're worried about the current President? What a joke. Maybe you need a new set of pull up diapers too.Think what you want about Trump but no one can say he's not working his tail off as compared to sleepy joe.

Anonymous said...

Democrat voters love being controlled by the government, they love wasteful spending, they love perverts, they love criminals and over and over again they prove it. They have no clue how much money is being wasted and don’t care as long as their Democrat masters are doing it. If they actually cared they’d send some representatives to assist with DOGE, but they won’t.

Anonymous said...

Doge is the most transparent, pro-American effort I have seen in my 50 decade life. Those who are squealing the loudest are those who can no longer wallow in the slop of our tax dollars and massive debt. Globalists are the losers and American workers are the winners. A reality TV star, a rocket scientist, and the son of an Appalachian drug addict have assembled the most talented, unlikely team of all stars to Make America Great Again. It's the most American thing I've ever seen.

Go DOGE go! This is what I voted for!

Anonymous said...

Sleepy Joe was not even the one making the decisions. The only thing he did was wander around, sleep, and eat ice cream. Wonder when we will learn who was actually making the decisions?

Anonymous said...

"I am already gone. I have been living abroad since 2019"

So, why exactly are the Feds looking for you?

Anonymous said...

This is nothing more than a damn cult that needs to be sent to hell.

Anonymous said...

@8:49 - Trump has never worked his tail off in his life, what a joke. He's played golf to the tune of $26 million worth so far. He's a lazy and senile, I can't think of another person who has failed upwards constantly throughout a life like Donald. How many more casinos does he have to bankrupt before you morons realize he's selling snake oil?

Anonymous said...

I am not condoning the tariffs or saying Trump is doing everything right but your 401k likely lost money in 2022 but the mainstream media did not tell you panic then.

Anonymous said...

@10:46 - we’ve never seen such self inflicted wounds destroy the stock market. Many are asking if this is an intentional crash because it’s hard to come up with a more fitting explanation for this nonsense. Sure we took a hit during Trump’s first term and immediately following it too, but that was at least partly caused by outside forces and we had a plan to handle it. That’s not what’s happening now and we still don’t know just how crazy dumb Donald truly is so it’s anyone’s guess how bad it will get. Bad times ahead especially for anyone planning to retire in the next 4 years. Job losses, depression, inflation, and pain are in store. Right now, this dumbassery is only destroying your portfolio, give it a couple months and the rest of the pain will set in.

Anonymous said...

You sound just like that Cramer guy that has never been right about anything.

Anonymous said...

I know those democrats are bad, but don't send them to hell.

Anonymous said...

my 50 decade life.

OK Methusla!~


Anonymous said...

@11:40 - care to cite any specific fraud that DOGE has fixed? Any single item of actual fraud will do. Just pick a single one and post it.

Anonymous said...

@5:08 - there’s not enough booze in the world to wash away the stink of Donald and friends. It’s too bad Republicans don’t care about the destruction of our country, you guys are the most self absorbed and least patriotic Americans in the history of this country. Keep drinking away, you’re slightly more tolerable when you’re passed out drunk.


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