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US Senators Seek Military Ban on Kaspersky Lab Products Amid FBI Probe (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: U.S. senators sought on Wednesday to ban Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab's products from use by the military because of fears the company is vulnerable to "Russian government influence," a day after the FBI interviewed several of its U.S. employees as part of a probe into its operations. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents visited the homes of Kaspersky employees late on Tuesday in multiple U.S. cities, although no search warrants were served, according to two sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the FBI probe. Kaspersky Lab confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that FBI agents have had "brief interactions" with some of its U.S. employees, discussions that the company described as "due diligence" chats. The interviews were followed on Wednesday by the release of a defense spending policy bill passed by the Senate Armed Services Committee, which would prohibit the U.S. Defense Department from using Kaspersky software platforms because the company "might be vulnerable to Russian government influence," according to a summary of the legislation.
Yes, if you look at the history of the John Birch Society. You can see how the American far-right used this innate American defiance of authority to turn the masses against organizations (government, unions, courts, etc...) that stand to protect their fundamental rights and freedoms.
As a result a large number of Americans got emotionally manipulated into working against their best interests and for the interests of the wealthy.
In recent years we have seen the Russian clepto-crats leverage the same mentality to place their quislings into American political offices
We should get over the trail of dead bodies. Gotcha.
"His name was James Damore."