Ousted transgender CIA officer warns White House politics undermining U.S. intelligence
Nearly 20 years of service in the intelligence community ended for Julia Curlee last year. Curlee was the first CIA officer to transition openly and continue serving the agency until she was fired abruptly early in Trump’s second term. She writes about being targeted as a transgender woman in an essay for The Atlantic titled “The wrong kind of American.” Curlee joined Amna Nawaz to discuss more.
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