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NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The Secretary of the Army on Wednesday directed the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to review its hiring practices, bar outside groups from choosing employees and remove a newly announced hire who led the nation鈥檚 cybersecurity agency under President Joe Biden.

The directive, shared Jen Easterly was announced as the Robert F. McDermott Distinguished Chair in West Point鈥檚 social sciences department.

It demonstrated how vigorously President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration has sought to wield control over the ideology and leadership of higher education and the military during the president鈥檚 second term.

It also highlighted how deeply concerns about censorship have seeped into the Republican Party and the Trump administration. As the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, Easterly faced harsh criticism from Republicans who argued that her work to counter misinformation about elections and the COVID-19 pandemic amounted to censorship.

CISA secures the nation鈥檚 critical infrastructure, including the nation鈥檚 dams, banks and nuclear power plants. It also secures voting systems 鈥� work that became controversial as Trump has made false claims to create doubt about the integrity of elections in recent years.

Easterly has denied claims that her agency censored anyone and said last fall that 鈥渁llegations against CISA are riddled with factual inaccuracies.鈥� She said in January she hopes the agency will be allowed to continue its election-related work despite 鈥渃ontentiousness鈥� around that part of its mission.

Driscoll’s directive came after far-right activist Laura Loomer posted about Easterly鈥檚 new role on X, saying 鈥淏iden holdovers鈥� at the Defense Department were 鈥渦ndermining鈥� Trump鈥檚 administration. Loomer has frequently urged Trump鈥檚 administration to purge staffers she deems insufficiently loyal to his agenda, and on multiple occasions, they have been fired.

The memo directs West Point to terminate Easterly鈥檚 agreement with the institution and 鈥渋mmediately pause non-governmental and outside groups from selecting employees of the Academy, including instructors, professors, teachers and shaping academic or developmental lectures.鈥� It also requests an immediate review of the military training academy鈥檚 hiring practices.

Asked for a reason for the memo, an Army spokesperson said in a statement that ahead of the new academic year, 鈥渨e are crafting a deliberate approach to ensure that our future officers are best prepared to meet the demands of the modern battlefield.鈥�

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell was more blunt about the reasoning in a post on X.

鈥淲e鈥檙e not turning cadets into censorship activists,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e turning them into warriors & leaders. We鈥檙e in the business of warfighting.鈥�

Easterly, an Army combat veteran and West Point graduate, didn鈥檛 immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.

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