ensure that the individual no longer had access to government systems or information. For the State Department, the message is clear: no role, regardless of rank or tenure, provides an exemption from the rigorous standards of loyalty and security required to serve the United States.
As investigations into this matter continue, the case of Daniel Choi serves as a stark warning to others in the federal government. It underscores the reality that in an era of heightened global tension, the boundary between the personal and the professional is often blurred by adversarial actors seeking to exploit any possible opening. For those charged with protecting the interests of the American people, the cost of “defying the government for love” has proven to be the
