Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
shakedown.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A community for live music fans with roots in the jam scene. Shakedown Social is run by a team of volunteers (led by @clifff and @sethadam1) and funded by donations.

Administered by:

Server stats:

281
active users

shakedown.social: AboutStatusProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.7

#natsec

2 posts2 participants0 posts today
Replied in thread
Public
David J. Atkinson

@Andy_European Pure graft and abuse of power. Also a #NatSec risk. The upgrade to serve as Air Force One will likely cost more than the vehicle itself. Think about it: advanced military quality communications, EMP hardened electronics, defensive countermeasures, etc. etc. To reconvert it back to a civilian version (which I assume would be required) is another expense. And for Trump’s personal use “when he leaves office” (cough). Compared to eviscerating the #Constitution this is a small thing, but the in-your-face symbolism of corruption says one thing; “I’m above the law”

Public
Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:

It took only about 100 days for Trump to make the U.S. so weakened that the Vatican felt free to choose an American Pope. By the end of 4 years of this drastic erosion we might assume some countries will feel quite safe in attacking the U.S. outright with impunity whereas in the past they kept their attacks to deniable activities in various sectors. They could literally pay Trump personally to do nothing in response. He's already set up the systems to do that out in the open. #corruption #natsec

Public *
David August

The American People, and whatever allies we still have, have need for US National Security to be real and robust.

I want Congress to stop him from further destroying our safety.

Under Trump, National Security Guardrails Vanish

nytimes.com/2025/04/18/us/poli

The New York Times · Under Trump, National Security Guardrails VanishBy Helene Cooper
#USpol#NatSec
Public *
Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:

"members of the DOGE team asked that their activities not be logged on the system and then appeared to try to cover their tracks behind them, turning off monitoring tools and manually deleting records of their access — evasive behavior that several cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR compared to what criminal or state-sponsored hackers might do." ... "If he didn't know the backstory, any [chief information security officer] worth his salt would look at network activity like this and assume it's a nation-state attack from China or Russia," said Braun, the former White House cyber official. ... In the days after Berulis and his colleagues prepared a request for CISA's help investigating the breach, Berulis found a printed letter in an envelope taped to his door, which included threatening language, sensitive personal information and overhead pictures of him walking his dog, according to the cover letter attached to his official disclosure. ... "If the underlying disclosure wasn't concerning enough, the targeted, physical intimidation and surveillance of my client is. If this is happening to Mr. Berulis, it is likely happening to others and brings our nation more in line with authoritarian regimes than with open and free democracies," wrote Bakaj, his attorney
#DOGE #corruption #infosec #cybersecurity #InsiderThreat #coup #natsec npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-53558

ExploreLive feeds
About