Courtesy of CNN:WATCH: NSA Director Rogers on Russian cyberattacks: "I believe that President Putin has clearly come to the conclusion there's little price to pay here, and that therefore I can continue this activity." pic.twitter.com/3c5gGLvrAS— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 27, 2018
US Cyber Command chief Adm. Mike Rogers told lawmakers on Tuesday that he has not been granted the authority by President Donald Trump to disrupt Russian election hacking operations where they originate.
Asked by Democratic Sen. Jack Reed if he has been directed by the President, through the defense secretary, to confront Russian cyber operators, Rogers said "no I have not" but noted that he has tried to work within the authority he maintains as a commander.
While he did not agree with Reed's characterization that the US has been "sitting back and waiting," Rogers admitted that it is fair to say that "we have not opted to engage in some of the same behaviors we are seeing" with regards to Russia.
"It has not changed the calculus or the behavior on behalf of the Russians," Rogers said about the US response to Russia's cyber threat to date.
"They have not paid a price that is sufficient to change their behavior," he added.
In other words we have not adopted any of the same aggressive tactics that Sweden utilized recently, and let's keep in mind that WE were actually attacked and the outcome of our last election possibly altered.
I am going to say it again, and I might actually say it every day until somebody listens, the ONLY reason the leader of our country would not to take steps to protect ourselves from foreign interference is because that interference is beneficial to the leader of our country.
And once again for the slow kids, THAT IS TREASON!
And, Treason warrants impeachment of Trump! The majority Republicans in the United States Congress are actually backing Trump. How screwed up is that, America?
ReplyDeleteVoting them out of office is the only way we are going to change things! It's up to us!!
I'd like to poll the military, and see how many can see that trump is a traitor.
ReplyDeleteI just recognized Sarah Sanders is an adept sociopath able to take a simple question about what Trump is doing about Russian interference then she blames Obama while projecting as an accusation the reporter was looking to blame someone.
ReplyDeleteShe lies about the person asking the question and her answers are usually lies.
I agree that Trump does what is good for Trump void of regard of consequences to the country, world, or planet.
In the last election, the Russians intervened on the side of the Republicans and, true to form, the Republicans didn't care where the help came from even if it was from a hostile foreign power. All they cared about and all they ever care about is that they won. The end result is that all of the Democrats in the U.S. are (justifiably) up in arms about how the playing field was tilted against them and are outraged about Republican and administration complacency in the face of their meddling in our elections.
ReplyDeleteSo now, if I was Vladimir Putin, I'd think that if I really want to further increase American gridlock and weaken its foreign policy, in the next election, maybe I should put my thumb squarely on the Democratic side of the scales. Then all of the Republicans will suddenly be even more outraged at the Democrats who are already outraged at the Republicans.
Maybe Putin could even get enough Democrats in power to finally initiate impeachment proceedings against the president. However appropriate and necessary they may be, this would inevitably lead to even more gridlock and lessen our ability to exert meaningful influence in foreign affairs. Domestically it would be labeled a coup against the president from the right-wing fringe and almost certainly result in violence and civil strife.
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/02/28/democrats-coming-trump-plan-contact-50-million-voters-midterm.html
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High treason. Did anyone see The Crown's episode with the treachery of the Duke of Windsor? Second season,, around third, with a single word in title, the best single TV show ever. A major moment in history and how evil the Duke's actions were. History is repeating itself Forgiveness?
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ReplyDelete"“I really was under the impression that this fight between our families and between him and my father, especially at this particular moment, would end,” Meghan said. It didn’t.
ReplyDeleteDuring Trump’s speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, however, Trump accused McCain of sinking the GOP’s healthcare bill. Though, he didn’t call out McCain by name.
“To have this moment of CPAC, which is supposed to be the mothership of conservatism and the Republican Party and to see booing at this specific moment in time was very hurtful,” Meghan continued. “And I feel quite frankly very naive to have believed that this would have been any different.”" She specifically cited a human trafficking bill that McCain worked on that was finally passed this week as well as other important policy initiatives. Instead Trump focuses on their internal war with each other and the senator’s vote against the health bill.
“From my own feeling — we need more compassion,” Mrs. McCain said. “We need more empathy. We need more togetherness in terms of working together. We don’t need more bullying and I’m tired of it.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/meghan-mccain-naive-trust-trump-wouldnt-cruelly-attack-cancer-stricken-father/
Meghan - Then stop being such a naive, blind idiot and switch parties.
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ReplyDelete"Kalashnikov USA isn’t the only gun company that Scott has rolled out the red carpet for. The number of gun manufacturers in the state has ballooned from 232 when Scott took office in 2011 to 764 today, according to statistics from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms — a slightly higher rate than the one at which it has increased nationwide. In 2011, Scott personally announced that he had promised gunmaker Colt a tax break deal of its own, this one worth $1.6m, to relocate 63 jobs to Kissimmee, Fla. And in 2015, Scott’s office touted job growth at another Florida company, Azimuth Technologies, which makes parts for AR-15s, as evidence that Florida’s elimination of taxes on manufacturing equipment had brought work to the state."
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The Cranberries - Zombie
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'Dolores O'Riordan 1971-2018 R.I.P.'
I believe that Putin is masterminding all of this and he daily tutors Trump and Company on just how much shit they can unload on us without being too obvious that they are trying to turn our country from a democracy to an oligarchy.
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