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Inside #CISA, vital support staff are gone, international partnerships have been strained, & workers are afraid to discuss #threats to #democracy that they’re now PROHIBITED from countering. Employees are even more overworked than usual, & new assignments from the admin are interfering w/important tasks. Meanwhile, CISA’s temporary leader is doing everything she can to appease #Trump, infuriating employees who say she’s out of touch & refusing to protect them.

…As the #Trump admin’s war on the federal bureaucracy throws key agencies into #chaos, CISA’s turmoil could have underappreciated consequences for #NationalSecurity & #economic prospects. The agency, part of #DHS, has steadily built a reputation as a #nonpartisan source of funding, guidance, & even direct defensive support for #cities, #businesses, & #nonprofits reeling from #cyberattacks.

That mission is now under threat, acc/to interviews with 7 #CISA employees & another person familiar w/the matter, all of whom requested anonymity to avoid reprisals.

“Our enemies are not slowing their continuous assaults on our systems,” says Suzanne Spaulding, who led CISA’s predecessor during the Obama admin. “We need all hands on deck & focused, not traumatized & distracted.”