i don t believe that the accessive amount of force that was used would be justified by if my client did in fact spit on someone. i believe it was above and beyond what the officers were trained to do. and what they should have done in that situation. this is not what our law enforcement community represents. it s not the proper response. and they will be reviewed and appropriate action taken. and the local sheriff echoed those statements. they ve got investigations going at the state and now we know at the federal level, all circling around that central question, was this amount of force really necessary. especially with those three law enforcement officers. yeah. a lot of people saying it wasn t omar, thank you so much. meanwhile, ford motor is preparing to cut thousands of jobs amid the shift to electric vehicles. plus whew! the last two years have been really tough.
fired by twitter in january of this year after he tried to raise the alarm internally. he points the finger at twitter s ceo saying has worked to hide twitter security vulnerabilities from the board. i suspect twitter might try to paint it like this, that mudge got fired and he s trying to retaliate against the company. absolutely not. this is not any kind of personal issue for him. he was eventually fired in january of this year. but he hasn t given up on trying to do that job. reporter: in response to the allegations, twitter told cnn security and privacy had long been a priority at twitter. as for zatko, they said he, quote, was fired from his senior executive role at twitter more than six months ago for poor performance and leadership. he now appears to be opportunistically seeking to inflict harm on twitter, its customers and its shareholders. your whole perception of the world is made from what you are seeing, reading and consuming online. and if you don t have an
national security and democracy. twitter is a critical resource to the entire world. i think it is an extremely important platform. reporter: he handed over information about the company to various u.s. law enforcement agencies, the fcc, the ftc and the department of justice. may i ask your name. mudge. reporter: zatko is better known in the hacking world by his nickname mudge. he s been a renowned cybersecurity expert for decades. his roots are in hacking, figuring out how computers and software work. reporter: that expertise might be why jack dorsey then ceo of twitter hired zatko after the company was hit by a massive attack in 2020, when hackers took over the accounts of some of the world s most famous people. mudge is one of the top fiber fix executives at the company. reporter: he s represented by john tye who founded whistle-blower aid, the same group that defended frances haugen. they re taking this seriously. reporter: twitter is pushing back, saying zatk
whistle-blower frances haugen. reporter: twitter is pushing back, with security practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context. when we together to zalco and his lawyer saying the process only allows them to talk in specific terms. for specifics they referred us to his disclosure. i m not going into details but mudge stands by the disclosure and allegations in there. reporter: cnn and the washington post obtained a copy of the disclosure from aster democratic official on capitol hill. in it, zalco claims nearly half of twitter s employees have access to some of the platform s main critical controls. there s analogy of an airplane. so you get on an airplane, every passenger and the attendant crew have access to the cockpit,
narrative about our privacy and data security practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context. when we spoke to zatko and his lawyer, they said the lawful whistle-blower disclosure process only allows them to talk about the issues in general terms. for specific allegations they referred us to zatko s disclosure. i won t go into details. mudge stands by the disclosure and the allegations in there. reporter: cnn and the washington post obtained a copy of the disclosure from a senior democratic official on capitol hill. in it, zatko claims nearly half of twitter s employees have access to some of the platform s main critical controls. there is an analogy of an airplane. so you get get on an airplane and every passenger and the attendant crew all have access to the cockpit, to the controls, that s entirely unnecessary, might be easy, but it is too easy to accidentally or intentionally turn an engine off. twitter accounts belonging to a