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CHILLING SCANDAL ROCKS AMERICA’S CYBER DEFENSE: The man tasked with protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure from foreign hackers is at the center of a SPINNING COVER-UP after allegedly FAILING a high-stakes lie detector test for access to TOP-SECRET intelligence, with whistleblowers claiming a PURGE of career officials who tried to stop him.
Acting Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Madhu Gottumukkala was reportedly DESPERATE to access one of the U.S. government’s MOST SENSITIVE intelligence programs—so desperate he pushed for a counter-intelligence polygraph against the advice of his own senior staff. SHOCKINGLY, sources tell Politico he FAILED that test in late July. In the AFTERTHROES, AT LEAST SIX veteran cybersecurity officials were ABRUPTLY SUSPENDED, accused of “misleading” Gottumukkala about the polygraph requirement—a move insiders describe as a brutal RETALIATION HIT against those who questioned his judgment.
The Department of Homeland Security’s frantic denials only DEEPEN the mystery. They claim the test was “unsanctioned,” but a DOZEN current and former officials—speaking anonymously for FEAR of reprisal—paint a picture of an agency in TURMOIL. Why was the acting director so FIXATED on gaining access to intelligence deemed NON-ESSENTIAL to his role? What is hidden in that restricted program that drove this reckless pursuit? The SUSPENDED staff, now under investigation, are effectively GAGGED.
This isn’t just bureaucratic infighting; this is a GLARING national security RED FLAG. The official safeguarding America’s power grids, elections, and banks faced a basic test of trustworthiness and, according to multiple sources, CAME UP SHORT. His response? To allegedly orchestrate a CLEAN-UP operation targeting the very professionals who stood in his way. With DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas offering his “complete and full support,” one must ask: Who is REALLY protecting the protectors, and what are they hiding? The integrity of America’s digital fortress may be COMPROMISED from within.



