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2025-02-12 Government Corruption

Homeland Security puts staff involved in 'disinformation' board on administrative leave, review coming

[FoxNews] The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday that some Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) employees who worked on "mis-, dis-, and malinformation" were put on administrative leave.

In a statement to Scripps News, DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote CISA needs to "refocus on its mission," starting with election security.

Isn’t election security a DoJ or FBI responsibility?

"The agency is undertaking an evaluation of how it has executed its election security mission with a particular focus on any work related to mis-, dis-, and malinformation," according to the statement.

As first reported by Fox News Digital, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified in April 2022 that the Department of Homeland Security was creating a "Disinformation Governance Board" to combat misinformation ahead of the 2022 midterm election.

Oh. A Biden administration initiative. That explains it.

During an appearance before the House Appropriations Subcommittee, Mayorkas said a "Disinformation Governance Board" was created to address misinformation campaigns targeting minority communities.

While the agency conducts the assessment, personnel who worked on the alleged "mis-, dis-, and malinformation," as well as foreign influence operations and disinformation, will remain on administrative leave, according to the statement.

The board was allegedly led by Undersecretary for Policy Rob Silvers, co-chair with principal deputy general counsel Jennifer Gaskill.

Nina Jankowicz, who previously served as a disinformation fellow at the Wilson Center, reportedly served as executive director, Politico reported.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ] Top

#1 All these commissars on leave could organize one hellacious pickleball tournament.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-02-12 06:01|| 2025-02-12 06:01|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ or a combination of a tontine and "Ten Little Indians"

Posted by Mercutio 2025-02-12 09:46|| 2025-02-12 09:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Is Mayorkas in jail yet?

Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-12 10:03|| 2025-02-12 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Exclusive: Republican Rep. Gooden Asks Kristi Noem for Massive Audit of Border NGOs to Cut Waste, Fraud, Abuse

Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-12 12:51|| 2025-02-12 12:51|| Front Page Top

#5 In one of my better professional trolls - I was engaging with the Former Director of CISA on twitter, C.Krebs, and telling him what a failure he and his department was, and that he needed to resign or be fired. A week later he was fired.

CISA was turned against Americans, the department needs to be dissolved. All Homeland Security works against us. They fly illegals around, murderers, no ID; we on the other hand, we now have to buy a special ID to fly, or a passport. All DHS needs to go.

Posted by mossomo 2025-02-12 13:04|| 2025-02-12 13:04|| Front Page Top

#6 I would be quite pleased if I never saw a photo or heard from Alejandro Mayorkas ever again.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-02-12 13:12|| 2025-02-12 13:12|| Front Page Top

#7 One more photo, B., in an orange onesie...

Posted by Mercutio 2025-02-12 13:42|| 2025-02-12 13:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Isn’t election security a DoJ or FBI responsibility?

We also have Federal Elections Commission.

I thought homeland security should be an FBI responsibility. But then, the FBI dropped the ball on 9/11. So now we have the DHS, not only to drop the ball but to make sure whichever information they deem, for whatever reasons, to be mis, dis or mal. It's all about more jobs for more crooked bureaucrats, more of the taxpayers' money and, if you hear about it, it's mis, dis or mal information.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-02-12 14:06|| 2025-02-12 14:06|| Front Page Top

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