Trump has signed a presidential memorandum revoking any active security clearance held by former CISA Director Chris Krebs. Krebs famously and publicly rumbled with Trump in 2020 over the latter's claims about election fraud in the presidential election. Two weeks after losing his re-election bid to Biden, Trump fired Krebs via a tweet. The memorandum also suspends active security clearances held by any employees of SentinelOne, the security firm that currently employs Krebs, until a review can determine if the clearances are in the national interest.
The memo calls Krebs "a significant bad-faith actor who weaponized and abused his government authority" during his time leading CISA and calls for an investigation of Krebs' activities during his time as the leader of CISA and a government employee.
"The review will include a comprehensive evaluation of all of CISA’s activities over the last 6 years and will identify any instances where Krebs’ or CISA’s conduct appears to be contrary to the administration’s commitment to free speech and ending federal censorship, including whether Krebs’ conduct was contrary to suitability standards for federal employees or involved the unauthorized dissemination of classified information," the memo states.
The invocation of federal censorship is noteworthy. It means the president is claiming he had a First Amendment right to claim to the American public that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and rife with fraud, and suggests that under Krebs' leadership CISA not only exceeded its authority in countering the claims but potentially violated the Constitution.
Here's my piece about it:
https://www.zetter-zeroday.com/trump-signs-memorandum-revoking-security-clearance-of-former-cisa-director-chris-krebs/
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