Highly skilled personnel at the National Security Agency (NSA) have reportedly been leaving the agency at a high rate.
The Washington Post reported that the agency has lost hundreds of hackers, engineers and data scientists since 2015.
The agency’s top talent is leaving for a number of reasons, including low pay and morale and reorganization of the agency, according to the newspaper.
Among those who have left the agency, the newspaper reported, are individuals who were tasked with gathering data for the president’s daily briefing and with monitoring issues such as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and North Korea.
“Some synonym of the word ‘epidemic’ is the best way to describe it,” said Ellison Anne Williams, a former senior researcher at the NSA who left in 2016.
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NSA losing top talent at unprecedented rate due to low morale: report https://t.co/OssbYbqzeI pic.twitter.com/FHFBs5t2Bw
— The Hill (@thehill) January 3, 2018
#NSA morale is in the toilet, people are abandoning ship & Rogers is a terrible DIRNSA.
Gosh, that sounds….familar.https://t.co/rP3ylKiBjm
— John Schindler (@20committee) January 3, 2018
#NSA is the cornerstone of Western intelligence. Attacking it has been a top Kremlin priority for decades. See also: #Snowdenhttps://t.co/yNWBTA1v1A
— John Schindler (@20committee) January 3, 2018
BREAKING: Embattled DIRNSA ADM Mike Rogers tells #NSA workforce of his plans to retire.
— John Schindler (@20committee) January 4, 2018
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