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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.
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...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
Hacking voting systems is a distraction. It is pumping up dissent and rivalry and anger, by foreign governments trolling myriad sites, that is the real problem.
It's not so much free speech as it is speech by governments without them letting you know it is a government, much less which.
You don't think Russia or NK have dozens of innocent accounts with high karma ready to downmod stuff? Tout racial friction? Attempt to portray right wing as synonymous with neo Nazis? Not point out some are, but touting they are the same, while posting simultaneously messages that are Nazi-like as if by a Trump supporter? They play the roll of both sides.
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This seems like it should already be a law but if not it will really change things a lot. But wow I bet thousands of company's are shitting their pants right now because they won't have control over representatives any longer or will have to be even more shady in the way they contribute.. not just donating to the campaign or the campaign's charities or whatever.
...its because the election was hacked."
Get ready for it.
Well... It's been the narrative for almost the last three years now, so Why not?
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
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
Does he mean the 'intelligence agencies' that he says are lying about everything and are worthless? Or does he now like them (this week)? Or has someone spoon-fed Trump enough that he's got it through his 5th grader mentality how things actually work?
"If we lose our majority its because the election was hacked."
Get ready for it.
Get ready? What are you talking about, he's literally already written that!
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Is anyone here old enough to remember Trump's big "voter fraud" commission? It was going to uncover the millions of illegal aliens that voted in the last election, giving Hillary the popular vote.
Member?
You are welcome on my lawn.
Sounds exactly like the laws in various autocratic countries targeted at "foreign" NGOs protesting human rights violations or decisions by "the great infallible leader",
Of course news about a fake are Fake News.
He's just frustrated that his "victory" was tainted by Russian "interferance." Compounded by not winning the popular vote and thus failing to secure a "mandate."
Of course if he loses in 2020 he'll claim it was hacked again.
Heads he wins, we lose.
You sure? Didn't Trump secure a man-date with Putin in Helsinki not that long ago?
It's the Russian Mob that keeps The Trump Organization afloat. The Russian government doesn't have the money.
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It's the Russian Mob that keeps The Trump Organization afloat. The Russian government doesn't have the money.
There is a difference between the Russian Government and the Russian Mob?
Yes, one owns a TV station dedicated to showing how much more awesome Putin is.
Emphasis is mine.
So why not any US companies as well? "Because that is already illegal" is besides the point. I doubt that that law will read "except when you are foreign".
So who or what is he trying to hide, or is he just blowing air as usual? Amd to think he might be re-elected.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.