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DONALD TRUMP HAS fired the head of the federal agency that vouched for the reliability of the 2020 presidential election.
Trump fired Christopher Krebs in a tweet, saying his recent statement defending the security of the election was “highly inaccurate”.
The firing of Krebs, a Trump appointee and director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, comes as Trump is refusing to recognise the victory of Joe Biden, and is removing high-level officials seen as insufficiently loyal.
He fired defence secretary Mark Esper on 9 November, part of a broader shake-up that put Trump loyalists in senior Pentagon positions.
Krebs, a former Microsoft executive, ran the agency, known as CISA, from its creation in the wake of Russian interference with the 2016 vote through to this month’s election.
He won bipartisan praise as CISA co-ordinated federal state and local efforts to defend electoral systems from foreign or domestic interference.
In recent days, Krebs has repeatedly pushed back against false claims that the election was tainted.
Earlier yesterday, he tweeted report citing 59 election security experts saying there is no credible evidence of computer fraud in the 2020 election outcome.
Krebs, from his personal Twitter account, replied to his sacking saying: “Honored to serve. We did it right. Defend Today, Secure Tomorrow.”
He closed with the phrase “Protect 2020,” which had been his agency’s slogan ahead of the election.
Officials with CISA and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, had no immediate comment.
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This road was paid for years ago, Why are they still allowed to charge for using it.
That toll should be free. Its overpaid itself many times over and cost 2m a year in staff and tech
They want €1,200 off me for 8 trips. I tried from the day I bought the car to have it put on my account but it was still registered to someone elses account and “GDPR” wouldn’t allow them to discuss it. Its been going on over a year and last week I got a court summons.
@dB O’Neill: 24 hrs to pay or they double it. Highway robbery
@Magoo: Here’s a cunning plan to defeat the robbers. Pay within the 24hrs. Or sign up for an account online. No fees, tolls taken from your credit/debit card monthly, and trips are cheaper. Not exactly sure, but think it’s around 8-10% discount.
@Tommy Roche: That’s alright for those who live in Dublin and use it regularly. But for others around the country it’s not worth the bother.
Then, if you take your car to Dublin airport and take a flight somewhere, let’s say Asia or Australia, by the time you arrive and find internet and have time to pay you’re probably already over the 24 hours. That’s a scam. Why can’t it be something logical, like a week to pay it.
@The Thinker: or you could pay before hand, weeks before if you like!
@Da Vid: Yeah we know
@Da Vid: kinda ironic that a drug debt collector wasn’t paying his own debts.
@Michael Carolan: Knob.
Impress me and tell me you collected the fines. Not that you’ve sent them more letters
Road tax , tax on petrol, vat and levy on insurance , Parking charges but to mention a few . Sure they are never happy until they get blood . Time for change .
No more of this sh**
@Fabio Dillon: Agree. Pay the toll and this sh** stops immediately!
Drive an English reg and pay nothing
@john reynolds: not true, English and Northern Irish cars are caught just the same as Irish cars. They have access to the DVLA database.
have your say