Would 'destroy a pipeline of top talent essential for hunting' Chinese spies in US networks, Congress told Video Looming staffing cuts to America's security and intelligence agencies, if carried out,

Rob Joyce, former NSA director of cybersecurity, told the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party of the harm from aggressive threats to cut U.S. government employees. "Eliminating probationary employees will destroy a pipeline of top talent,

A former senior intelligence official warned that cuts the federal workforce by President Donald Trump’s administration would put US national security at risk, as the government works on strategies to counter continuous Chinese state-sponsored hacking campaigns.