Gifted program ends - CIA’s new focus - Tesla quits California

The weakening of intelligence networks left policymakers blind on major topics of interest, such as the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in China or the stability of the Afghan government in Kabul. The latest changes follow a New York Times report that disclosed an internal CIA memo highlighting the agency's failures at building spy networks in China, Iran, Russia and Pakistan.
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Though the agency and sibling intelligence groups, such as the National Security Agency, still boast a technological edge over rivals, the CIA has been criticized by allies for lacking visibility into priority countries, according to The New York Times, and seen top talent leave the agency at higher rates in recent years.
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As a result, rival intelligence agencies became more adept with new technologies such as facial recognition, artificial intelligence and surveillance, learning how to break CIA intelligence networks within their countries.