Overview

• Driscoll directed West Point to terminate Jen Easterly’s service agreement as the Robert F. McDermott Distinguished Chair, reversing her selection made a day earlier.
• The move follows criticism from far-right activist Laura Loomer on X, who challenged Easterly’s tenure at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
• The Army has suspended outside-group involvement in choosing academy instructors pending completion of the review.
• Driscoll’s action mirrors April’s revocation of former CISA director Chris Krebs’s security clearance under similar political pressure.
• Established in 1943, the McDermott Distinguished Chair role will remain vacant until the audit concludes and future staffing decisions are finalized.