A social media investigation has surfaced claims that a Utah Valley University (UVU) professor with alleged CIA ties, Rusty Needs, recently had his online faculty profile scrubbed just days after a controversial appearance by Charlie Kirk on campus.

The video details attempts to connect the CIA, LDS community, UVU, and Israeli academic institutions, raising concerns about secrecy and academic transparency.

According to the investigator, Rusty Needs, listed until recently as a professor in UVU’s CNSS (Center for National Security Studies), vanished from public faculty listings between September 24 and September 26, 2025. The purge reportedly included six other staff with ties to national security or event planning for the Kirk event. The university has allegedly removed the entire staff directory, citing security concerns, and other digital traces have rapidly disappeared.

There are also allegations that CNSS contributed to event planning for the Kirk appearance. University police reportedly managed security, while the sudden deletions have sparked online speculation about a wider cover-up involving academics and possibly institutional relationships with intelligence communities

You can even see on Coursicle you can see that Rusty Needs, taught a course at UVU called “NSS 3050 – US Intelligence Community”.