{"id":3451,"date":"2025-05-03T01:49:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:49:32","slug":"c-i-a-fires-top-doctor-targeted-by-far-right-activist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=3451","title":{"rendered":"C.I.A. Fires Top Doctor Targeted by Far-Right Activist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The C.I.A. fired its top doctor after she was targeted by far-right activists who have worked to oust government officials they see as disloyal, according to a lawsuit filed Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Late last year, the C.I.A. recruited the doctor, Terry Adirim, to take a top medical job as the director of the agency\u2019s Center for Global Health Services. Within days, Ivan Raiklin, a far-right provocateur, accused her of being the \u201carchitect\u201d of the Pentagon\u2019s Covid-19 vaccine mandate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Adirim, 61, had served in a top medical role in the Defense Department in 2021 when Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III mandated that all service members receive a Covid vaccination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Raiklin, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2024\/11\/trump-secretary-of-retribution-ivan-raiklin\/680494\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">who has called himself President Trump\u2019s \u201csecretary of retribution,\u201d<\/a> is a former Green Beret who became an intense critic of the Covid vaccine. He published a \u201cDeep State Target List\u201d of 350 individuals he accused of treason. According to the suit, Mr. Raiklin also singled out Dr. Adirim for criticism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Appearing on Rosanne Barr\u2019s podcast, Mr. Raiklin accused Dr. Adirim of \u201cgenocide and mass mutilation\u201d for her support of the vaccine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a since-deleted post on social media directed at John Ratcliffe, who had been chosen by Mr. Trump to lead the agency, Mr. Raiklin suggested that Dr. Adirim was \u201cburrowing in\u201d at the agency, a term for political appointees taking civil service jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Raiklin is a close associate of Michael T. Flynn, Mr. Trump\u2019s first national security adviser, and serves on the board of directors of Mr. Flynn\u2019s organization America\u2019s Future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Adirim was told on April 4 that she was going to be fired. She twice asked why, but her supervisor said \u201cI have no information.\u201d Breitbart News reported her termination on April 8 in a social media message, which Mr. Raiklin reposted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to the lawsuit, Dr. Adirim was fired two days after Lara Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theorist, visited the White House and demanded that several national security officials be dismissed. Ms. Loomer later took credit for the firing of Gen. Timothy Haugh, the director of the National Security Agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the suit, Kevin Carroll, a lawyer for Dr. Adirim, said he would seek to prove through discovery that Mr. Raiklin asked Ms. Loomer to request that Dr. Adirim be fired.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The suit has no direct evidence Mr. Raiklin spoke to Ms. Loomer, but says he had posted his support for her after the Oval Office meeting. \u201cFor the record, I respect Laura Loomer,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Raiklin and Ms. Loomer did not respond to requests for comment on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Adirim\u2019s firing is expected to be finalized Saturday, a month short of when she would have qualified for full federal retirement benefits, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPlaintiff and her family suffered terrible injustice only because her good service to our country made her a target for a political extremist who defamed her and called for the termination of her employment and even her death,\u201d Mr. Carroll wrote in his complaint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The lawsuit says while serving at the Pentagon, Dr. Adirim recommended to Mr. Austin that service members be given mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations, and notes it was in the tradition set by George Washington, who ordered the Continental Army vaccinated for smallpox in 1777.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPlaintiff\u2019s good advice saved the lives of American service members,\u201d Mr. Carroll wrote in the complaint. \u201cWhile several troops sadly died of Covid-19 in the early days of the pandemic in 2020-1, none died of Covid-19 after Secretary Austin adopted her recommendation and ordered our armed forces vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Dec. 11, Dr. Adirim signed a renewable five-year contract with the C.I.A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When the agency told her on April 4 that she was being let go, an official also said a clause in her contract allows termination with 30 days\u2019 notice for \u201cany reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokeswoman for the C.I.A. declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">C.I.A. regulations give the director broad authority to fire employees. But a federal court has issued a temporary stay on Mr. Ratcliffe\u2019s attempts to fire C.I.A. officers who were assigned to diversity initiatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Seamus Hughes<!-- --> contributed research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/02\/us\/politics\/cia-fires-doctor.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The C.I.A. fired its top doctor after she was targeted by far-right activists who have worked to oust government officials they see as disloyal, according to a lawsuit filed Friday evening. 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