Former Trump aide: "No one is minding the store...."

[Ohiogal]

Very scary ..... and troubling .....

"Amid mounting warnings about another Russian cyberattack on the 2018 midterm elections, President Trump’s former homeland security adviser said a recent staff shakeup ordered by national security adviser John Bolton has left the White House with nobody in charge of U.S. cyber policy and raised concerns about “who is minding the store.”

Bossert’s comments were his most unvarnished yet since new national security adviser John Bolton reorganized the White House national security staff and — with no explanation — gave the homeland security adviser his walking papers.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-trump-official-no-one-minding-store-white-house-cyberthreats-090017630.html

[BumRushDaShow]

1. It's only a matter of time before Bolton falls out of favor too.

No one survives the TFEE.

[Mc Mike]

13. But they're stamping out newly minted freakish bircher 'nat'l security experts' like Flynn & Bolton

every day, like it's a prison license plate assembly line.

The trash bin containing his supply of nazi mutant appointees is bottomless.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. He hasn't brought too many youngin's in yet (other than Miller and not counting his kids/in-laws)

and he's just about gone through the more experienced arrogant ones, chewed them up, and spit them back out.

At this point, it's not so much their philosophy anymore but whether they would even want to work in there! I am sure that hundreds have been asked and they politely declined.

[lapfog_1]

2. if you wanted the Russians to actually hack the vote this go round

you would get rid of the cybersecurity chief and defund any money going to the state board of elections to prevent some sort of coordinated response by hired security experts following a national guideline for how to prevent the hacking.

Nobody would ever do that, right?

Oh wait...

[rainin]

11. If this were anyone but trump, this would be obvious to all. Imagine any one of us trying this

at our workplace.

[Butterflylady]

3. That's the question

I asked last year and still no answer.

[3catwoman3]

4. Not only are they not...

...minding the store, they are looting it.

[TEB]

5. Be scared be very scared

[oberliner]

6. They don't actually want to prevent such an attack

It feels like people are missing that point.

[NewJeffCT]

8. Yes - 100% agreed

just posted similar below, but you beat me to it

[NewJeffCT]

7. This is intentional

They're basically sending a signal to Putin that Trump wants more hacking to swing the midterms to Republicans. In exchange, Trump will give them Alaska or something like that.

[hedda_foil]

9. I'm sure Putin would like Alaska back. Why don't we give him Hawaii too?

[NewJeffCT]

12. Didn't we buy Alaska from Russia?

back in the day? Maybe they'll want to buy it back from Trump in exchange for a Trump Tower in Anchorage or something like that.

[sdfernando]

18. Seward's Folly...back in 1867

Purchased from Russia (Imperial Russia back then) for 7-million dollars. Really was quite a deal when you think about it.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sewards-folly

[catbyte]

19. Yep "Seward's Folly", back in 1867. The US paid about $.02/acre. Congress went ballistic,

ridiculing Secretary of State Seward for the purchase, but they ratified the treaty anyway. They changed their minds after they found gold in the Klondike. Maybe this is Russia's revenge.

[2naSalit]

10. That's where it's at with these criminals....nt

[Shipwack]

17. Does Palin go with Alaska, or do we have to keep her? Nt

[TexasTowelie]

14. .

[ffr]

15. How many billions with the next attack on our homeland cost us in lives and billions?

Dotard doesn't read the PDBs anyway. What good does having someone minding the store do? Nothing.

Might as well send everybody home.

[pazzyanne]

16. For the most part there would be less damage done for sure.

Someone make this stop, please!

[Martin Eden]

20. If Russia plans to rig the election for Democrats ...

... as tRump insists, then why is he doing nothing to stop it?

[elmac]

22. If Dems win big you can bet

that tRump will blame Russia, its his blame insurance.

[Martin Eden]

23. If Dems win ...

... they will have overcome Russian hacking, gerrymandering, and voter suppression.

[elmac]

25. in truth, yes

but the fascists will have their own reality to cover their asses, make it look like putin helped the dems and the dumpsters will believe it all. We are dealing with lifetime con artists.

[nature-lover]

24. Exactly. This is like the "rigged election" mantra when he thought Hillary would win.

[elmac]

28. yep, tRump is a lifelong grifter, con artist

and he knows how to play dirty.

[elmac]

21. Trump and his fellow fascist pigs

are leaving the front door wide open for putin.

[DFW]

26. More like "who left the front door unlocked?"

To the White House, the Pentagon and the U.S. Treasury?

[blue-wave]

27. Yup, there have been

lots of warnings concerning the security of our votes. Does anyone really think the GOPee wants to solve the problem? The answer is HELL NO!!! They will sit on their hands and allow our country to be conquered by an adversarial foreign power without one shot being fired. That is, as long as they are allowed to keep mountains of cash with which to sleep upon.