The office connected government leaders with academic experts, thinktanks and research institutions
A state department intelligence program that linked government analysts with outside experts has been quietly closed, part of the latest chapter of Donald Trump’s disengagement with the broader academic and research community.
The office of analytic outreach, part of the department’s bureau of intelligence and research, held its final event on 22 May before closing permanently, according to an internal email seen by the Guardian, as part of Marco Rubio’s sweeping reorganization that will cut 15% of domestic staff and shutter 132 of the department’s 734 offices and bureaus.
