To the editor:

A coup by any other name is still a coup. This is what we are witnessing in Washington as laws are violated and as unelected individuals invade and take control of critical IT infrastructure of the U.S. government. Voters should be deeply troubled, as I am, by the lawless behavior of President Trump, Elon Musk, and others associated with this administration. This includes violation of the inspectors general law, the invasions of the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management and the capture of the government’s payment system and personnel files held by OPM. In Third World countries the coup focuses on seizing the television stations. Here it is computer files. We should all be worried.

Richard P. Suttmeier

Keene Valley