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Ali alarms threats to national security if FBI continues to face job cuts

February 4, 2025 KQED
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Javed Ali (Credit: Michigan Photography)

The Ford School's Javed Ali raises concerns about a shrinking FBI agency as the Trump Administration promotes job cuts within federal agencies. Commenting on the recent extermination of many senior officers at the FBI, Ali told KQED, "I think the bigger quesiton is now going forward, how much deeper are these planned cuts to the FBI beyond these senior ranks... And what does that do to the FBI as an organization because the FBI is so critically important in keeping the country safe from a range threats both on the national security side and on the criminal side." 

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Javed Ali

Associate Professor of Practice
Ali is a former senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, with over 20 years of professional experience in national security and intelligence issues in Washington, D.C. He served in the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he also held senior positions on joint duty assignments at the National Intelligence Council, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the National Security Council.