I think the CIA is finding itself in death throes. Officially, the pentagon announced they would no longer be supporting CIA activities. So no more more seals and rangers taking assignments with them. No more shit like operation timber sycamore. Space force is also officially assuming control of intel duties.

So behind the scenes, unofficially, I would imagine they are going through a reckoning. If they can no longer operate overseas like an independent military, they need a new job.

By staffing themselves with communists, they can find a new enemy to keep them busy. The American people. These people hate us more than any foreign foe.