Thomas Fugate, a 22-year-old Trump loyalist with no counterterrorism experience, was appointed to lead DHS\u2019s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), sparking concerns among experts. The recent college graduate, whose background includes grocery work and Model UN, now oversees an $18 million terrorism prevention program after CP3\u2019s staff was slashed from 80 to 20. Critics allege his rapid rise stems from political connections, evidenced by his long-standing Trump support and GOP activism, rather than qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CP3\u2019s focus has shifted from domestic extremism to border security under Fugate\u2019s leadership, with key programs defunded or transferred to states. The move coincides with rising extremist violence, including five high-profile attacks since April. Former officials warn the changes jeopardize national security, with one calling it \u201cthe undermining of democratic institutions.\u201d DHS defended Fugate\u2019s promotion as merit-based but didn\u2019t address his lack of relevant expertise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thomas Fugate, a 22-year-old Trump loyalist with no counterterrorism experience, was appointed to lead DHS\u2019s Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), sparking concerns among experts. The recent college graduate, whose background includes grocery work and Model UN, now oversees an $18 million terrorism prevention program after CP3\u2019s staff was slashed from 80 to 20….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6571,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6570\/revisions\/6571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}