[ceejayoz]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/trump-loomer-...

> When President Trump abruptly fired the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command on Thursday, it was the latest in a series of moves that have torn away at the country’s cyberdefenses just as they are confronting the most sophisticated and sustained attacks in the nation’s history.

> For four years, he nurtured deep resentments about CISA, which had declared that the 2020 election was one of the best run in history, undercutting his false claims that he had been cheated of victory. Weeks after taking office this year, he began a campaign of dismantlement.

This is one of those cases where The Buck Stops Here is literally true.

[philipallstar]

I can't imagine how that is connected to dumping API keys in a public repo.

[ceejayoz]

You can't imagine how taking Musk's DOGE chainsaw to the organization and purging non-loyalists caused some long-term damage to the security culture inside it?

[philipallstar]

No. I can't imagine a lone developer doing that, let alone a taxpayer-funded group of security experts.

[ceejayoz]

Then in this news story we have concrete evidence it’s your imagination that is lacking.