US spy agency warns employees to stay away from politics.
A senior CIA official is under fire for posting pro-Palestinian social media posts following the Hamas invasion of Israel.
Amy McFadden, the Associate Deputy Director for Analysis at the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is one of the agency’s highest-ranking officials.
She attracted media attention when, two weeks after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, she changed the cover photo of her personal Facebook account to that of a young man waving a Palestinian flag.
The Financial Times first reported the incident, and the CIA, via an internal email, warned its employees against sharing political messages on social media.
McFadden’s pro-Palestinian postings have since been deleted.
McFadden began her career at the CIA 24 years ago.
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