Trump Takes Petty Revenge On Ex-Security Official

The New York Times reports:

Chris Krebs, the former cybersecurity official in President Trump’s first term whom the president recently targeted for investigation because he had said that the 2020 election had been conducted securely, learned this week that his membership in a program giving travelers expedited status had been revoked.

Mr. Krebs received an email on Wednesday alerting him that his status in the Global Entry program had changed, prompting him to log into his account. The program, run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, lets people deemed low-risk re-enter the country faster than normal travelers.

Mr. Krebs told CNN, which reported the news earlier, that he learned his membership had been rescinded after he logged into the program. He confirmed to The New York Times that he had discovered his membership had been revoked.

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Another alarming, authoritarian step. Using the power of the federal government to arbitrarily punish perceived ideological opponents. “Chris Krebs’… Trump’s former director of the [CISA], membership in Global Entry has been revoked.”https://t.co/34LyQNz5Vp

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) May 1, 2025