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Trump To Target Foreign Meddling In US Elections With Sanctions Order (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader shares an exclusive report from Reuters: President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order as soon as Wednesday that will slap sanctions on any foreign companies or people who interfere in U.S. elections, based on intelligence agency findings, two sources familiar with the matter said. Trump's decision to sign an executive order coincides with intelligence agencies, military and law enforcement preparing to defend the Nov. 6 congressional elections from predicted foreign attacks even as Trump derides a special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
Sanction targets could include individual people or entire companies accused of interfering in U.S. elections by cyber attacks or other means, a U.S. official told Reuters. The order will put a range of agencies in charge of deciding if meddling occurred, led by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and including the CIA, the National Security Agency and the Homeland Security Department, the sources said. Based on a recent draft of the order reviewed by the U.S. official, it will require any federal agency aware of election interference by foreigners to take the information to the office of Director of National Intelligence. Election interference will be defined in the order as hacking attempts against "election infrastructure," and efforts to sway public opinion through coordinated digital propaganda or systematic leaks of private political information. UPDATE: The story has been updated with additional information from Reuters.
Sanction targets could include individual people or entire companies accused of interfering in U.S. elections by cyber attacks or other means, a U.S. official told Reuters. The order will put a range of agencies in charge of deciding if meddling occurred, led by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and including the CIA, the National Security Agency and the Homeland Security Department, the sources said. Based on a recent draft of the order reviewed by the U.S. official, it will require any federal agency aware of election interference by foreigners to take the information to the office of Director of National Intelligence. Election interference will be defined in the order as hacking attempts against "election infrastructure," and efforts to sway public opinion through coordinated digital propaganda or systematic leaks of private political information. UPDATE: The story has been updated with additional information from Reuters.
...I'm sure all of Trump's detractors will agree that he has done the right thing and it's about time.
Won't they?
-Styopa
Will he be passing legislation to stop them bump search results or hiding content in order to manipulate the election result?
The elephant in the room really wants to know..
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
Is it really necessary for you to be such an absolute flaming faggot about everything? Trump is SHIT and everyone knows it now, even if they have too much pride and/or shame to admit it. The sooner he's ushered out of the Whitehouse the better for everyone, even you inbred-Jed Republitards.
No one wants to turn that rock over. Like Jill Stein's investigation that found more blue votes than there were voters. That got shut down real quick. They're all dirty - wake up.
Why guess when you can know? Measure!
It's the Russian Mob that keeps The Trump Organization afloat. The Russian government doesn't have the money.
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