In the two years since George Floyd’s accidental fentanyl overdose death, multiple intelligence agencies and other national security apparatuses have focused on hiring more minorities, claiming that diversity is a top national security issue.

According to the Associated Press, multiple employees of various intelligence agencies used the accidental death of George Floyd, which sparked violent race riots and acts of domestic terrorism all across the country, as an excuse to complain about alleged discrimination in the workplace. Staff calls were held at several agencies in the summer of 2020, including the National Security Agency (NSA), where General Paul Nakasone listened as employees listed their grievances with alleged racism, according to one anonymous source who claims to have been on the call. The individual claimed, without any evidence, that their role and the roles of other non-White employees were undermined or underappreciated by upper management.

The NSA issued a statement that, while not acknowledging reports of the alleged staff call, said that it nevertheless will “regularly examine the outcomes of our personnel systems to assess their fairness.”