Comment by imglorp
2 days 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
In March 2025, the cuts began. 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-ci...
This activity is consistent with intentionally weakening a country's defenses from within and sowing chaos.
If a foreign adversary was in charge would we know the difference?
Exactly. 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.
Let'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...
Krebs was fired in 2020, not 2025.
Correct, thank you, I can't edit now though. Fired in 2020, clearance revoked in 2025.