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Trump Signs Executive Order On Cybersecurity (techcrunch.com)
President Trump on Thursday signed a long-delayed executive order on cybersecurity that "makes clear that agency heads will be held accountable for protecting their networks, and calls on government and industry to reduce the threat from automated attacks on the internet," reports The Washington Post. From the report: Picking up on themes advanced by the Obama administration, Trump's order also requires agency heads to use Commerce Department guidelines to manage risk to their systems. It commissions reports to assess the country's ability to withstand an attack on the electric grid and to spell out the strategic options for deterring adversaries in cyberspace. [Thomas Bossert, Trump's homeland security adviser] said the order was not, however, prompted by Russia's targeting of electoral systems last year. In fact, the order is silent on addressing the security of electoral systems or cyber-enabled operations to influence elections, which became a significant area of concern during last year's presidential campaign. The Department of Homeland Security in January declared election systems "critical infrastructure." The executive order also does not address offensive cyber operations, which are generally classified. This is an area in which the Trump administration is expected to be more forward-leaning than its predecessor. Nor does it spell out what type of cyberattack would constitute an "act of war" or what response the attack would invite. "We're not going to draw a red line," Bossert said, adding that the White House does not "want to telegraph our punches." The order places the defense secretary and the head of the intelligence community in charge of protecting "national security" systems that operate classified and military networks. But the secretary of homeland security will continue to be at the center of the national plan for protecting critical infrastructure, such as the electric grid and financial sector.
Just think of what would have happened with Hillary being elected. You'd see more things like this happening. Maybe you should be very glad that Trump was elected, instead of the other candidate that broke laws at every turn, pressured and threatened leaders of other countries to donate to her foundation. Spied on allies, and suddenly...just suddenly when she lost...the clinton global initiative shutdown, said organization took international kickbacks and offered access to government officials through "donations."
It wasn't that Clinton was terrible, that the democrats were corrupt, that they rigged their own primary, that they sank their own ship. That even with rigging at least one debate via Donna Brazile leaking questions to Clinton, that she still couldn't win. That they decided in to say "screw it" with an internal review of where it all went wrong. Then voted in someone who is even worse then Clinton as the head of the DNC. Nope, it wasn't her fault at all. And just keep digging, because the bullshit you're spouting will guarantee Trump a second term. Just like the Liberal Party of Ontario's actions will ensure that by July of next year it won't be a party at all.
Om, nomnomnom...
Is "get elected so you can make the rules" part of the curriculum? It's Berlusconi in America.
How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.
The basic elements of the story are probably true, but this line is pure propaganda.
"Russia's targeting of electoral systems"
Notice how they've been gradually amping up the rhetoric? First it was blaming the evil Russians for hacking the DNC and Podesta e-mails. Then it was Russia "influencing" U.S. elections. Next, they started tossing in the phrase "Russia hacking U.S. elections"(total BS) and now it's "Russia targeting electoral systems"? The implication being that Russians actually hacked the voting machines?
WaPo also reported that evil Russians "Penetrated the U.S. Electricity Grid" when it was just some (apparently Russian-authored) malware found on one laptop at a VT utility. A laptop that was never tied into the electricity grid.
I'm no Trump fan, but this anti-Russian propaganda is as dangerous as it is nauseating. I haven't even seen proof that "Russians", let alone the Russian government, were responsible for the original DNC/Podesta hack.
Earlier this year the press brought in their cameras, I've seen the pictures. So half your statement is an outright lie.
Sean Spicer took a photo of the MLK bust in there with his phone, so the rest of your statement is an outright lie.
Perhaps Trump didn't want US press in there because when they get into the Oval Office the write stories about MLK bust being moved out of the office when it was still there. Maybe if the US press would stop outright lying, like you, they might get treated better. Until then, I think they should be barred from the Oval Office, they are not news, they are DNC propaganda.