Army Sec thwarts hiring of Biden’s censorship chief to West Point, orders full review of future hiring practices

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll likely thwarted disaster.

Driscoll stopped the hiring of Joe Biden’s director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency from being employed at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Jen Easterly, a retired Army colonel, a West Point graduate, and former head of CISA, was supposed to assume duties “as the Robert F. McDermott Distinguished Chair in the department of social sciences at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York,” RedState reported.

But thanks to Driscoll’s actions, Easterly will need to look for employment elsewhere.

Combat Veteran Sean Parnell praised the move.

“We’re not turning cadets into censorship activists. We’re turning them into warriors & leaders,” Parnell stated on X. “We’re in the business of warfighting. Our future officers will get the most elite training so that America can continue to dominate on the battlefield.”

But it gets better.

Driscoll also ordered that a full review of West Point’s hiring practices take place.

I have immediately directed West Point to:

1. Rescind Jen Easterly’s offer to serve as the McDermott Chair
2. Pause outside groups from selecting Academy employees or instructors

I have also asked the Chair of the West Point Board of Visitors to conduct a full review of the… pic.twitter.com/AJixH5LtjI

— Secretary of the Army (@SecArmy) July 30, 2025

According to RedState, Easterly wasn’t just “some low-profile leftie being slipped into the USMA faculty. She was one of the named defendants in the government censorship scandal that led to the Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden). She was at ground zero when the government undertook its grotesquely misguided program of strong-arming social media companies into restricting conversations on vote fraud in the 2020 election and the COVID virus response.”

X users gave Driscoll accolades for his bold and swift action.

If you’ve ever listened to @VDHanson, after his experience at Annapolis, he concluded it was one of the most leftist “universities” he ever worked in. Thanks for stopping the rot in our service schools.

— Steven Bustamante (@sbpanamared) July 31, 2025

Thankfully a return to core values and common sense practices..I mean West Point is referred to as the War College.

— URSTRULY (@Lpac2017) July 30, 2025

Sean, YES! West Point’s for WARRIORS, not woke censors! Kick out the agenda-driven nonsense and train our future leaders to crush it on the battlefield! Trump’s America demands strength! #MAGA #MilitaryStrength #DrainTheSwamp

— BoldEagle24 (@BoldEagle24) July 30, 2025

The right decision . I look forward to assisting the BOV Chair, Representative Womack, in this important review. @PeteHegseth @realDonaldTrump @JDVance

— General Mike Flynn (@GenFlynn) July 30, 2025