Cybersecurity expert's appointment to West Point pulled ... by Laura Loomer?

vaxcardinal · Aug 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM

CaptUSMCNole said: ↑

They were not teaching positions. However, there are people that have a CV just as good as Jen’s that can teach this subject that were not political appointees. I’ve had a lot of service academy grads in this field end up working for me in the past and I don’t need them to do high level staffing work. I need them to be technically capable and that is not something Jen really is any more.

Just to give some context, when you transition from a GS to a political appointees, you have to pick a side. Once you have done that, you have sealed your fate. It is extremely rare to see a high profile political appointees serve in that capacity across different political administrations. Bob Gates is probably the last one I can recall. Jen knew that and decided to make the jump.

In terms of Jen’s technical knowledge, it is all completely dated at this point. Back in 2013, I was working at MARFORCYBER with one of best technical operators in the DoD. When Gen Alexander found out we were taking this person to Germany for a conference, he told a group of 0-4 to 0-6, that in anything happened on the flight it was our job to make sure this Chief Warrant officer survived, the rest of us he could replace. I spoke with that person the other day and he said he is technically dated at this point. There are a ton of folks at Ft. Meade that would be great in this position and would probably love to not have to fight traffic on the BW parkway to get into work.

Jen is not going to be hurting. I’m sure there are tons of boards that are going to be lining up to ask her to serve on them.
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Jen's primary technical knowledge was being around very technical people. She was a manager so was aware of the work on going but couldn't actually perform any of the technical tasks. But she seemed like a competent leader in meetings i've been in with her. Gen Alexander was awesome...acted just like a regular guy.

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