The White House instructed the CIA to send an unclassified email listing employees hired over the past two years, risking exposure to adversaries. Critics express concerns over potential targeting by foreign intelligence services.

To comply with Trump’s order to shrink the federal workforce, the CIA sent an unclassified email with the names of new staffers, a U.S. official said.

The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.

The nature of the communication risks compromising the identifies of the agents — sparking condemnation by leaders.