{"id":379986,"date":"2026-09-18T19:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/national-security-is-weakened-sacked-trans-officers-warn-of-chaos-under-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T19:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:00:10","slug":"national-security-is-weakened-sacked-trans-officers-warn-of-chaos-under-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/national-security-is-weakened-sacked-trans-officers-warn-of-chaos-under-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"National Security is &#8216;weakened&#8217;: Sacked trans officers warn of chaos under Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/Y0WZN2C1vQ0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"National Security is 'weakened': Sacked trans officers warn of chaos under Trump\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y0WZN2C1vQ0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>20 years in the CIA. 23 years across the Air Force and Space Force. <\/p>\n<p>Julia Curlee and Colonel Bree Fram were two of the most senior transgender officials in US national security. Then Donald Trump returned to the White House.  <\/p>\n<p>In this in-depth interview, they describe being forced out, the chaos inside the National Security Council, and how the American security system has been dismantled.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>US Editor Anushka Asthana sits down with Julia Curlee, former senior CIA officer (2007-26) who is now working as a Public Service Fellow at Lawfare and Colonel Bree Fram who served in the United States Air Force (2003-21) and United States Space Force (2021-2025).<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Mahnoor Akhlaq, Matthew Cundall, Gracie Jerome &amp; Isobel Rowland<br \/>\nFilmed by Ben Martin<br \/>\nEdited by: Eammon Ashton-Atkinson<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 years in the CIA. 23 years across the Air Force and Space Force. 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