CIA fired its top doctor after she appeared on ‘Deep State Target List’: Lawsuit

Published May 3, 2025 2:13pm ET



A lawsuit filed by a fired CIA doctor claims she was booted from her job by the Trump administration after she was placed on a “Deep State Target List” by a right-wing activist.

Terry Adirim was fired from her job as the director of the CIA Centers for Global Health Services earlier this year, after she had taken the job late last year. In a lawsuit, she claims she was targeted by “a political extremist,” which prompted her firing, according to the New York Times.

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