Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

The Trump administration issued an executive order late last month, quietly declaring that NASA will operate as a national intelligence and security agency going forward.

The order stipulates that the agency will now "have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work."

It's a major departure for the agency, which has historically focused on space exploration, as well as space and Earth sciences over its 67-year lifespan.

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"No mention of that science and exploration stuff," NASA Watch founder Keith Cowing, a former scientist at the agency who now closely follows its internal and external politics, wrote in a blog post.

There are signs that Trump's intentions behind the order were at least partially related to labor concerns, rather than spycraft. The order also added NASA to the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (FSLMRS), excluding it from collective bargaining representation.

The news that NASA will now be a spy agency was seemingly overshadowed in the media by the president's elimination of union rights for thousands of federal employees " mere days before Labor Day " despite multiple lawsuits challenging the change."

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Ah, a Trump Twofer... he gets to bust Unions and spy on his enemies at home and abroad.

Ya'll feelin' secure yet?

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-16 09:03 PM | Reply

Next up: Peace Corps will officially become spy agency.

#2 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-09-16 09:31 PM | Reply

Boy Scouts recruited to join ICE, get Merit Badges for turning in neighbors.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-16 10:14 PM | Reply

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