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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.
So it's a Ponzi scheme, only one that can be floated for years or decades rather than falling apart in months. It's not legal, but due to the secrecy, nobody has yet figured out it's not legal. And now that the people running the scheme are in charge, it will become legal.
Steal enough, and you can buy legitimacy.
How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.
Just after firing Comey, Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Now this was not bad just for the optics. No American press was allowed but Russian press was allowed. No that's not worst part. The Russian press was allowed to bring in their equipment to take photos in the Oval Office. That's the worst part: Trump allowed foreign officials to bring in electronic equipment into a sensitive area of the White House. Many security experts are dismayed that was allowed to happen. Former security officers have noted that it was standing policy that no one was allowed to bring in their phone/cameras into the Oval Office.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
Um, no.
Putin is not on par with Stalin (killed tens of millions), Mussolini (tried and failed at genocide, killed hundreds of thousands), or Hitler (killed million, tried genocide, kicked off WWII). He is a distinctly petty evil.
He's more like Francis II - reactionary ruler of an old fading power, that doesn't know how to deal with all the change in the world or the diminishment of his power. Putin flails around, which sucks for the Ukraine or Georgia, but he can't invade Europe. He assassinates journalists because that is the limit of Russia's capabilities! He just isn't a real threat. There will be no millions dead because of him.
Unless you mean from Russians that die from drinking too much.
President Trump wants people to be accountable. Isn't that exactly what we have been demanding for.. oh I don't know... longer than I have been alive? Comey had numerous problems, and up until he was fired both sides of the aisle voiced opinions of "incompetent", "abused his power", and "usurped Constitutional authority". Republicans were upset for numerous reasons, but primarily for making himself the Judge and Jury for the Hillary email crimes. Democrats because they feel he impacted the election of the same. All of those were from actions _BEFORE_ President Trump took office.
I'm pretty happy with some of President Trumps actions. The ban on lobbying for appointees is exceptional, and this one is just as good.
Which side is actually perpetuating the distraction here, the Dems who suddenly claim that the incompetent Comey is the greatest American since John Wayne, or the Republicans who let the incompetent claims stand and dismissed him since he had no support from the Deputy AG (whom Comey would report to)? The hypocrisy from the Dems is beyond palpable, and more and more people are simply dismissing them.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.