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Former top U.S. cybersecurity official Rob Joyce recount lawmakers on Wednesday that reduce to Union probationary employee will have a “ devastating impact ” on U.S. national security .

Joyce , who was the film director of cybersecurity for the National Security Agency until retire in 2024 , was providing testimonial to the U.S. House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party , which is investigatinga spacious hacking run by Chinatargeting the U.S. regime in recent years .

“ I want to raise my grave vexation that the aggressive menace to cut U.S. governing probationary employees will have a devastating impact on the cybersecurity and our national security , ” articulate Joyce .

tentative staff are federal employees with less than a year of politics Robert William Service . Since taking office , the Trump administration has attempted to dismissnearly allprobationary doer . A Union court hassince temporarily blockedthe mass - firings .

Joyce tell the committee that wipe out provisional federal employees “ will destroy a pipeline of top talent creditworthy for run and eradicating [ China - backed ] threats . ”

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