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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 10:23 PM Aug 2017

Trump Cybersecurity Advisors Resign, Citing His Insufficient Attention to Threats

David Z. Morris
Aug 26, 2017

A quarter of the members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, whose purview includes national cybersecurity, have resigned. In a group resignation letter, they cited both specific shortfalls in the administration’s approach to cybersecurity, and broader concerns that Trump and his administration have undermined the “moral infrastructure” of the U.S.

The resignations came Monday and were acknowledged by the White House on Tuesday. Nextgov has recently published the resignation letter that the departing councilors submitted. According to Roll Call, seven members resigned from the 27-member Council.

Several of those resigning were Obama-era appointees, including former U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil and former Office of Science and Technology Policy Chief of Staff Cristin Dorgelo. Not surprisingly, then, the issues outlined in the resignation letter were broad, faulting both Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accords and his inflammatory statements after the Charlottesville attacks, some of which came during what was intended to be an infrastructure-focused event.

“The moral infrastructure of our Nation is the foundation on which our physical infrastructure is built,” reads the letter in part. “The Administration’s actions undermine that foundation.”
http://fortune.com/2017/08/26/trump-cybersecurity-advisors-resign/
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Trump Cybersecurity Advisors Resign, Citing His Insufficient Attention to Threats (Original Post) DesertRat Aug 2017 OP
cause trump wants to collaborate with putin on cybersecurity AlexSFCA Aug 2017 #1
yep... dhill926 Aug 2017 #3
How many... D_Master81 Aug 2017 #2
He has many unfilled positions, critical ones at this point Warpy Aug 2017 #4
Ambassador to India is not filled either - the country Trump wants to draw into Afghanistan muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 #7
Asshole doesn't know his geography. Pakistan will never let Indian troops cross Warpy Aug 2017 #8
Did their resignation letter contain any secret messages? flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #5
Trump's reappointment campaign thanks them. N/t BadgerKid Aug 2017 #6

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
2. How many...
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 10:29 PM
Aug 2017

how many people are left in the government anymore? It seemed that Trump had hundreds of openings that were unfilled and there has been a lot of resignations over the past couple of weeks from people that arent in a high profile role, but would seem are still important.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
4. He has many unfilled positions, critical ones at this point
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 10:39 PM
Aug 2017

like Ambassador to South Korea. Either no one wants to work for him or he doesn't feel anyone has kissed his big butt enough to merit the jobs.

The truth is that the man just doesn't give a damn. He ran for a few reasons, none of which involve doing the job: to spite Democrats, to spite Obama, to kill regulations he didn't like, to repay Putin, and to make business deals.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,147 posts)
7. Ambassador to India is not filled either - the country Trump wants to draw into Afghanistan
Tue Aug 29, 2017, 05:51 AM
Aug 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_India

Sometimes it's been a career diplomat, sometimes a political appointee. The last one was political, and he therefore resigned Jan 20th. No nomination made since; while the White House said in June it was going to nominate Kenneth Juster (a political appointee, but he does have experience with India, so not an unreasonable appointment), nothing seems to have happened after that - the position is still marked 'vacant' in this well-informed list from the American Foreign Service Association:

http://www.afsa.org/list-ambassadorial-appointments

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
8. Asshole doesn't know his geography. Pakistan will never let Indian troops cross
Tue Aug 29, 2017, 01:32 PM
Aug 2017

and India is closer to war against China, anyway. Bet he doesn't know that, either. There's too much he doesn't know and no one can inform him. That is the problem.

He's just got to go.

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