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Head of US Cybersecurity Agency Fired

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday November 19 2020, @03:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the retribution-can-be-petty dept.

MostCynical writes:

The Guardian has a story detailing the firing of Christopher Krebs, who served as the director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa)

President Trump made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, saying Krebs "has been terminated" and that his recent statement defending the security of the election was "highly inaccurate".

CISA last week released a statement refuting claims of widespread voter fraud. "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history," the statement read. "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised."

Krebs, is a former Microsoft executive, and was appointed by President Trump after allegations of Russian interference with the 2016 election.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2020, @12:17PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2020, @12:17PM (#1079686)

    He did. They got immediately doxed, threatened, and pressured away from the case courtesy of the "Lincoln Project".

    This is a major problem that people are ignoring because they like the outcome. The increasingly organized nature of groups working to intimidate and harm those who do not toe their political line is what will increasingly give way to fascism. And once you reach a certain point of inertia, it becomes impossible to turn back the clock.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday November 20 2020, @01:07PM

    by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 20 2020, @01:07PM (#1079695) Journal

    Wait, wait, wait.... Lawyers, yeah? Lawyers who are threatened and back down instead of fighting back and SUING? They are being threatened and intimidated and THEY BACKED DOWN? Really? They don't just take people to court and sue anymore?

    Are they suing? Why would they back down if Trump's case was credible? Wow. Not very good lawyers.... about as good as my poo.

    AND, you can seriously look at the harm Trump is doing and condone it? Seriously... a guy who has peaceful protesters pepper-sprayed JUST FOR A PHOTO OP isn't a Fascist?

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