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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf Drumpf's transition team is purging federal employees with no
grace period, are we left vulnerable to all kinds of security attacks and procedural chaos? Is he opening the door wider for Putin? Just wondering!
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If Drumpf's transition team is purging federal employees with no (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Jan 2017
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NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)1. Yes, we need people to run the Machine
Where else is he purging people?
I saw he's kicking out the foreign diplomats on Day One. Is he firing bureaucrats in other agencies?
This is borderline sabotage.
WhiteTara
(29,715 posts)6. Reducing pay to $1, per an arcane
rule that can target an individual or a department.
randr
(12,412 posts)2. When are people going to wake up and acknowledge how disrespectful he is of America?
MFM008
(19,814 posts)3. This is more
Than disrespect.
I swear he's a double agent or something.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)4. His sources and methods do have a certain soviet feel nt
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)5. Best security practice is to deny all access and walk the employee out ASAP after termination
The objective is to keep the employee from using access to information systems and other resources in order to damage the employer once a termination has been announced.
In this case, these appointees have known since November that they will be terminated, but Trump has to wait until Jan 20 to terminate access.