Elon Musk will visit the CIA for the first time today at the invitation of Director John Ratcliffe, according to a person familiar with the plans and a US official.
Ratcliffe told the House Intelligence Committee last week that the impact of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “zero” on the CIA.
DOGE representatives have not been to either the CIA or the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Ratcliffe and the nation’s spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, said.
Musk’s visit was announced by Ratcliffe at a CIA town hall with the workforce on Friday, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Ratcliffe said he wanted to talk to Musk about “technology” and “advancing the mission” with it, the source told CNN.
Reaction to Ratcliffe’s announcement was tepid, according to the source, who described it, generally, as “here we go.”
Musk, who is helping spearhead President Donald Trump’s effort to vastly shrink and reshape the federal government through DOGE, visited the Pentagon this month.