Army secretary directs West Point to rescind appointment of Biden-era cybersecurity director
The Secretary of the Army has directed the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to review its hiring practices and rescind the appointment of a newly announced hire who led the nation’s cybersecurity agency under President Joe Biden. The directive Wednesday came just a day after Jen Easterly was announced as the new chair of West Point’s social sciences department. The move showed how vigorously the Trump administration has sought to wield control over higher education and the military. It also highlighted how deeply concerns about censorship have seeped into the administration. As the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Easterly faced criticism from Republicans that her election-related work veered into censorship. Easterly has denied those allegations.
