Homeland Security puts CISA employees on administrative leave, reviews misinformation board
the Ministry of Internal Security On Tuesday, some employees of the CISA and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who worked on “MIS-Dis-and Malinformation” were placed on an administrative leave.
In a statement by Scripps News, I wrote the assistant Minister of Public Security Tricia McLAGHLIN that CISA needs to “re -focus on its mission”, starting with Election security.
“The agency is evaluating how to implement its election Security task Especially focusing on any work related to poor information and rate, “according to the statement.
The Minister of Internal Security for Internal Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, speaks to the senior writer in the Journal of Politico Akush Khardori during the annual September September 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital mentioned for the first time, Internal security In April 2022, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas witnessed that the Ministry of Internal Security was creating a “Board of Directors of discrimination” to combat wrong information before the mid -term elections 2022.
While appearing before the sub -committee of the parliament’s credits, Mayorkas said The Board of Directors of misleading has been created to address the wrong information campaigns targeting minority communities.
Minister of Internal Security Alejandro Mayorkas (Kevin Lietsch/Getty Images)
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While the evaluation agency is taking place, the employees who worked on “wrong abuse, information, as well as foreign influence and misinformation will remain on an administrative leave, according to the statement.
He claimed that the Board of Directors is led by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defense for Policy Rob Silvars, the co -chair with the main vice -General of General Adviser Jennif Jaskel.
He stated that Nina Yankovic, who previously worked as a colleague in the field of misinformation at the Wilson Center, worked as CEO, Politico said.
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Bradford Betz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
