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It's almost like gutting the agency of experts diminishes their opsec capacity among many others. In 2020 Chris Krebs contradicted stolen election claims. In 2
by imglorp 5mo ago
It's almost like gutting the agency of experts diminishes their opsec capacity among many others.
In 2020 Chris Krebs contradicted stolen election claims. In 2025, Trump sacked Krebs and revoked his clearance, leaving CISA without a director. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Krebs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Krebs
In March 2025, the cuts began. https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-staffers-amid-ongoing-federal-cuts https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/doge-axes-cisa-red-team-st...
In 2026, it was still without a director and running on fumes.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/us-cybersecurity-agency-cisa-reportedly-in-dire-shape-amid-trump-cuts-and-layoffs https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/25/us-cybersecurity-agency-ci...
This activity is consistent with intentionally weakening a country's defenses from within and sowing chaos.
- wnevets 5mo agoIf a foreign adversary was in charge would we know the difference?
- subscribed 5mo agoExactly. He's a Putin asset. Everything he does is either enriching himself and his ilk, or helping Putin. It's staggering the country is just looking at him.
- bink 5mo agoKrebs was fired in 2020, not 2025.
- imglorp 5mo agoCorrect, thank you, I can't edit now though. Fired in 2020, clearance revoked in 2025.
- andrewflnr 5mo agoLet's be real, it's more directly consistent with aggressive incompetence and hiring/firing based on loyalty. As for how the relevant fools ended up with the power to hire or fire, I'll grant that's a more complicated question...