Why the FBI should refer charges against CIA Director John Ratcliffe to the Department of Justice and conduct a larger investigation into DOGE Espionage of the CIA.
In early February 2025, the CIA sent out a mass, unclassified email that used the first names and last initials of employees who were scheduled to begin covert assignments in foreign nations.
The CIA is reportedly conducting a “damage assessment.”
The CIA is conducting a formal review to assess any potential damage from an unclassified email sent to the White House in early February that identified for possible layoffs some officers by first name and last initial and could’ve exposed the roles of people working undercover, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
I’ll lay out the case here why the FBI refer charges against CIA Director John Ratcliffe to the Department of Justice and conduct a larger investigation into Espionage by Elon Musk via artificial intelligence.
The email had to be approved by CIA Director John Ratcliffe, or at a very minimum, he is responsible for it as Director. The email was a violation of law- specifically the National Security Act of 1947 that created the CIA and contained provisions to protect the identities of covert CIA employees.
As John Ratcliffe is certainly guilty of a crime, the CIA has a compromised leadership that has a conflict of interest into any investigations of the crime.
The email originated in the United States. The FBI maintains jurisdiction over crimes committed in the United States.
It is not without precedent that the FBI has conducted investigations into Espionage of CIA employees, referred charges to the Department of Justice, and obtained convictions.
“Aldrich Hazen Ames was arrested by the FBI in Arlington, Virginia on espionage charges on February 21, 1994.”
“At the time of his arrest, Ames was a 31-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who had been spying for the Russians since 1985. Arrested with him was his wife, Rosario Ames, who had aided and abetted his espionage activities.” …
“Aldrich Ames and his wife both pled guilty on April 28, 1994. Aldrich Ames was sentenced to incarceration for life without the possibility of parole. Rosario Ames was sentenced on October 20, 1994 to 63 months in prison.”
“Ames was later debriefed by FBI agents, at which time he detailed compromising the identities of CIA and FBI human sources, some of whom were executed by Soviet authorities.”
John Ratcliffe was under no obligation to obey an unlawful directive by the President. If the President had specifically ordered the CIA Director to dox covert CIA employees in an email, the CIA Director could have simply refused and explained his decision. If the President had insisted that the CIA Director follow an unlawful order, the CIA Director could have still refused the directive, and only suffered the consequences of being fired for disobeying an order. This is not unprecedented. We never would have had “Watergate” if DOJ employees had not been fired after refusing to follow the instructions of President Nixon.
In fact, President Trump has not been linked to any specific directive to inform CIA employees of a buyout via email. This was a method that the CIA leadership selected themselves, which even they described as a “bad option.”
The list – which includes everything from new analysts to trainees preparing to operate under cover – only provides first names and last initials, officials said. The sources described that decision as the “least bad option” that career officials determined to comply with President Donald Trump’s order while still attempting to safeguard the identities of officers.
I believe there should be two parts to the criminal investigation of the FBI.
One, the known violation of provisions of the National Security Act of 1947 in the CIA’s email to their employees.
Two, the very likely larger breach and acquisition of classified information regarding the identities of other covert CIA employees who were not listed in the email.
METHOD and MEANS- Artificial Intelligence Espionage by Elon Musk at DOGE.
“Across the river in Washington, a senior career Treasury Department official delivered a memo warning Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that granting a 25-year-old computer engineer with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to the government’s ultra-sensitive payments system risked exposing highly classified CIA payments that flow through it.” …
“When Bessent signed off on access for DOGE officials to the government’s payment system, intelligence officials immediately flagged that the system isn’t just used for Social Security and Medicaid payments. It’s also used to funnel intelligence community payments — including the CIA’s — whether through front companies or real commercial entities that the intelligence community partners with on sensitive programs.”
MOTIVE- Espionage to provide information on covert CIA identities and programs to Israel.
EVIDENCE:
May 28, 2018. PM Netanyahu’s Remarks at the Science and Technology Conference
“And I hear the same thing from people who dabble in technology: Elon Musk, Eric Schmidt, Peter Thiel and many others who have come here. Israel really doesn’t have a choice. We’re a small country with limited natural resources, many threats to our security. We’ve had to invest in technology, in military technology, in information technology, as far as military intelligence is concerned.”
May 26, 2023. PM Netanyahu Speaks with Elon Musk
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone last night with Elon Musk.
"We are at the dawn of a new era for humanity, an era of artificial intelligence. Things are changing at a dizzying pace and Israel must formulate a national policy on this issue.
”Last night I had a long conversation with Elon Musk, whose insight and contribution to humanity I hold in high esteem.”
”He spoke at length about two things. First, about the need for governments to understand both the opportunities and the dangers of artificial intelligence. Second, he expressed his view that Israel could become a significant global player in the field.”
”I am certain that this is true and we will do it.”“In the coming days, I intend to convene policy teams to discuss a national artificial intelligence policy in the both the civilian and the security spheres. Just as we turned Israel into a global cyber power, we will also do so in artificial intelligence."
September 18, 2023. PM Netanyahu's Remarks Prior to his Departure on a Diplomatic Visit to the US
“I will start this visit in California where I intend to meet the current leader of the most dramatic development in the new age and perhaps in general, Elon Musk. I will discuss artificial intelligence with him and I will also work toward encouraging him to invest in Israel in the coming years. He is, to a large degree, paving the way that will change the face of humanity and also the face of the State of Israel. Israel needs to be a leader in artificial intelligence. Just as we turned it into a leader in cyber, so we will do in this field as well."
“Prime Minister Netanyahu in his conversation with Elon Musk:”
"It took us maybe a century to adapt to the industrial revolution. We may have just about a few years, and then we're running out as we speak, to adapt to the AI revolution.
”The first thing you can do is get like-minded states to agree on a code of ethics and a code of conduct and that's pretty easy. We can do it among our countries, in our countries and between our countries. We can cooperate to ensure the blessings and curb the curses as much as we can. We do that in civil aviation; we do it in other things, too.”
”I appreciate the opportunity to pick your brain on something that is so important for the future of my country and the future of the world."
November 27, 2023. PM Netanyahu Meets with Elon Musk at the Knesset
“The Prime Minister showed Musk sections of the film that was prepared by the IDF Spokesperson and which shows the horrors of the massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th.”
“They then held an extended meeting on the security aspects of artificial intelligence.”
“Senior security establishment officials in the fields of artificial intelligence and cyber participated in the meeting.”
July 25, 2024. PM Netanyahu Meets with Elon Musk
“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after his address to the US Congress, met with Elon Musk in Washington.”
“The two discussed opportunities and challenges in AI, as well as its influence on the economy and society, and opportunities for technological cooperation with Israel.”
It is important to understand that revealing the identities of covert CIA employees is not just a crime against legislation. History shows that once this happens, covert CIA employees are frequently killed in foreign nations.
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence- November 1994
“As the Howard case was unfolding, the CIA learned in September 1985 that a source in Moscow had been arrested for espionage. In October 1985, the CIA learned that a second intelligence asset in a European country, who returned to Moscow in August on home leave, had never returned to his post. In December of that year, the CIA learned that this asset had also been arrested. In January of 1986, the CIA learned that a third source posted in a European country had been taken into custody by Soviet authorities in November and returned to Moscow. These assets, whose arrests were reported in the fall of 1985, were regarded among the most important CIA human sources at the time. All of these sources were later executed.” …
“By the fall of 1986, as Ames was beginning his tour in Rome, CIA officials had learned of numerous additional intelligence sources who had been arrested or executed. The magnitude of the disaster was apparent. In the words of one CIA officer: ‘There was a huge problem, (a perception) shared all the way up to the top of the Agency, including Mr. Casey.’" …
“In October 1986, the same month the CIA established the Special Task Force, the CIA and FBI learned that two Soviet sources who had worked closely with the FBI had been arrested, and were about to be executed. The FBI responded by creating its own six person analytical team known as the "ANLACE Task Force" which worked full time to analyze the compromise of its two sources.” …
“As this report documents, the failures evident in the Ames case were numerous and egregious. While it might be argued that the majority of individuals cited by the Inspector General were guilty of acts of omission rather than commission, the seriousness of these omissions cannot be overstated. The failures of the individuals cited by the Inspector General led to the loss of virtually all of CIA's intelligence assets targeted against the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. Ten of these agents were executed.”
“If there is not a higher standard of accountability established by DCIs, then a repeat of the Ames tragedy becomes all the more likely. Management accountability within the Intelligence Community should be no less than the highest levels found elsewhere in the Executive branch.”
Robert Malone, interview, 2023:
“… the human intelligence assets that the CIA had in China relating to their bioengineering and biowarfare programs were identified, apparently because of a mole in the United States, and all eliminated. In other words they were all killed. It happened a few years ago before this. And the CIA.. and I.. because of other things, because I’ve been in this business for a long time, I’ve known that the CIA had a variety of sources of different sources of intelligence regarding infectious disease in China for years and years and years.”
Director Patel, I don’t think I need to explain the reputation of the CIA. These are a group of people who can and will defend themselves in foreign nations as they are legally entitled to do. They are looking for the FBI to fulfill their dual law enforcement and national security mission in the United States.
It is for this reason that I appeal to you.
Sincerely,
Charles Wright