Trump’s anti-DEI efforts damage national security, former officials say

In the early years of the Cold War, the U.S. government embarked on sweeping purges of federal employees deemed security risks. While the Red Scare targeted suspected communists, the lesser-known "Lavender Scare" saw the mass dismissal of gay and lesbian federal workers, especially within the State Department.Under the pretext that their sexual orientation made them susceptible to blackmail and disloyalty, thousands of government employees were investigated, fired, or fo