Obama orders review of cyber attacks on 2016 election: adviser

[riversedge]

Source: Reuters






Technology News | Fri Dec 9, 2016 | 10:08am EST



http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20161209&t=2&i=1164833935&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=780&pl=468&sq=&r=LYNXMPECB812M

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about counter-terrorism during his visit to MacDill Air Force Base, home to U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command, in Tampa, Florida, U.S. December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

President Barack Obama directed U.S. intelligence agencies to conduct a full review of cyber attacks and foreign intervention into the 2016 election and deliver a report before he leaves office, homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco said on Friday...............

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-cyber-idUSKBN13Y1U7

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I am so glad to see this.

[shraby]

1. It's a day late and a dollar short, but welcome anyway.

[djg21]

41. No it's not.

If it goes where I believe it will, it will completely undermine the legitimacy of a Trump presidency. This is perfect.

[Cha]

46. NO it's not. you have no idea what's going on behind the

the scenes.

[Botany]

2. Please, please. please work on this Mr. President

It was a coup.

I wonder if the hack on DU was Russian?

BTW how long before Trump goes "Twitter Crazy" about this?

[Red State Prisoner]

17. I'm not a conspiracy theory buff...

but I believe there's a connection. There was something sinister about the timing and message of the hack. They knew what was coming down. Right around the time we began hearing strange news regarding some of the "firewall" states, it all came crashing down. It was an ominous first shot of what would ultimately prove to be a long night of jarring events.

[Hortensis]

19. Oh, there're conspiracies all right, but the giant one

is domestic. H was laughed at when she first reported it long ago, the "vast right wing conspiracy." People had no idea about the forces massed in secret to conduct psychological warfare against the American electorate, to conquer by turning their enemy on themselves.

People so powerful they could get the AP to blanket the nation with blatant lies, could get Comey to abandon his image of great integrity to betray the nation right out in the open. It's all finally become a monster too big to hide.

It would be very worth knowing if they conspired with the Russians, or just accepted the Russian entry into battle on their side.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

25. this. I remember when she told us all. But no one --

Who hadn't experienced the relentless seige like she did, could imagine the truth of that.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

26. Fake news is the end result of those whacky Cold War brainwashing/mind control experiments

The KGB finally perfected it just as we dropped our guards. How much you wanna bet Bannon is a sleeper agent? The USSR finally won the war on Nov 9th.

I suppose it's for the best, I have nightmares imagining Trump handling the Cuban Missile Crisis.

[LisaM]

30. I like your conspiracy theory about Bannon.

In fact, it actually makes perfect sense.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

31. He look like a guy named Boris that lives in a log cabin in Siberia and gets drunk off vodka all day

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2770655.1472517569!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/usa-election-trump.jpg

[LisaM]

33. He does.

Not that I would ever run for anything, but if I did, I'd be a little leery of putting myself into the hands of a creep like that. I wouldn't want to be at his mercy and God only knows what kind of dirt he has on Donald.

[BigDemVoter]

56. I just bet my friends $25 that there will be a Twitter storm before the sun rises in the west on

Saturday morning.

[DK504]

3. Is it terrorism

Is it terrorism when a not friendly country HACKS one of our political parties and release the info in convoluted phrases?

Shouldn't that be considered terrorism?

[sdfernando]

10. I believe that both the DNC & RNC were hacked by the russians....

and they leaked DNC to get the election result they wanted...and are holding the RNC data for blackmail.,

[Cracklin Charlie]

51. Blackmail, like money? Or something much more sinister?

In Shitler's case...blackmail could take many forms.

If they successfully hacked with the candidate's okay, and if they have any good stuff on the RNC, the hackers will be able to get anything they want for at least the next four years. From Congress, from the President, law enforcement. Anything.

The very idea that Trump was an accomplice to a stolen election would make him susceptible to extreme pressure from blackmailers every single minute of his presidency. If RNC folks knew that the election would be stolen, and discussed it in hacked documents, all of those folks may be guilty of very serious crimes. This would leave all of them at risk of blackmail at any time. The hackers are already deciding which of the spoils they will claim. His presidency is compromised from Day One.

This must not be allowed to happen.

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

18. Terrorism can only be committed by non-state actors or undercover personnel

The Kremlin isn't even trying to hide this.

I remember how they issued statements on December 12th (I think) saying that they already had a call with Trump, and then another a couple days later saying that they talked with his team during the election.
This was pretty much a power play.

a). The Trump team only mentioned this AFTER Putin gave the go-ahead by making it public (as if saying "haha I won&quot

b). The subtext here is an underlying (almost mocking) narrative that Putin and Trump(/his team) had an constant flow of communication and coordinated campaign strategy and propaganda/hacks.

[Achilleaze]

4. For the sake of America, make it so

We don't need no steenkin Russian rule of the USA, even if the Republicans want to get into bed with the Evil Empire.

[graegoyle]

5. It should not be just cyber attacks.

It would not be the first time the Republicans worked with a foreign actor to affect an American election.

[DFW]

6. Reagan/Iran 1980 for example?

I also wish he'd have DOJ subpoena Comey's phone records and emails.

[world wide wally]

8. If anyone deserves to be locked up, it's Comey

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

23. Comey's announcement was simply self-preservation

In response to imminent leaks from the FBI's Trumplandia bureau. We need to smoke out the underlying factions that lead to it, Comey is naught but a scapegoat (a cowardly and selfish one but still).

It's the same with that pizzagate guy. Dude was apparently pretty normal before being railed by fake news propaganda. The people perpetuating that story need to be held to a higher degree of accountability than he does. Like if you stage a scene where somebody is robbing someone at gunpoint, and a bystander comes in an assaults the gunman (without knowing it's fake) to protect the non-existent victim, then whoever staged that scene should be held accountable.
If he actually freed a bunch of child sex slaves I think we would all be pretty impressed.

[world wide wally]

29. So, you want to say that these 9 days in particular were the difference between Comey's life and

death?
And the director of the FBI can't tell what is fake news?

Sorry.
I'm not THAT stupid

[Jean-Jacques Roussea]

32. I meant it in the career sense

And the director of the FBI can't tell what is fake news?

That's what happens when you reach across the aisle and appoint an (R) as an attempt to appease obstructionist republicans who've let their party devolve into a temple of contrarianism consisting of the mega-rich and the rubes that they're able to trick.

[world wide wally]

43. By all rights, his career deserves to be over

[DFW]

38. Or offer him immunity

IF he fingers who put him up to what he did.

But he won't. I'm sure he knows his life is worth less than a Zimbabwe Dollar if he even hints he's willing to talk.

[world wide wally]

42. I like the idea anyway

[Botany]

7. Nixon in 1968?

He told both South Vietnam and North Vietnam not to sign on
w/LBJ's peace deal because he could get them a better deal.

In 1973 Kissinger signed the exact same deal.

[SunSeeker]

13. Yes, Republicans have a long history of working with foreign governments to win the presidency. nt

[graegoyle]

9. The main reason I come to Democratic Underground:

Intelligent analysis by aware people. With just a little critical thinking, the information shared here is practically an education. Thank you all. All.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. ..... in order to get a 3rd rate celegrity elected. nt

[Hekate]

12. KnR. Time's running out.

[riversedge]

27. I was thinking the same as I posted this.

[gademocrat7]

14. K&R!

Time is of the essence.

[left-of-center2012]

15. Trump says it's laughable that Russia might be envolved.

And a spokesperson for him said on CNN this morning that Trump doesn't need security briefings
because Trump is tuned into everything that's going on in the world.
There's nothing he doesn't know.

[Beartracks]

21. Weird. Everyone else GETS tuned in....

... by actually RECEIVING security briefings!

Trump's a legend in his own mind.

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[Bozvotros]

16. Stutznet.....

I have no doubt that Russia collaborated with Assange to try and influence our election. And they will no doubt regret that move. But does anyone here believe we have not interfered with elections in other countries, or engaged in cyperespionage in Russia?

[Beartracks]

20. Hope this isn't just a CYA unity thing.

You know, come January: "Just as we suspected, there was no evidence of foreign intervention. Now everybody give Mr. Trump a chance."

[Calista241]

22. I don't think they (the Russians) actually wanted Trump to win

They wanted Hillary to win, and hen continue releasing emails and what not throughout her Presidency.

They could release a handful of emails a week or every couple weeks, and she'd be spending ALL her time talking about stuff in the past as opposed to working on her Presidency.

And I'm sure they have more than just Podesta'/ emails.

[graegoyle]

37. With Clinton, that might only erode her support.

With a Trump--who might actually be BEHOLDEN to Russia--they might be in control of the presidency.

[malthaussen]

24. Oh boy, a review!

How can I contain my utter excitement?

-- Mal

[BlancheSplanchnik]

28. I'm sure he's been doing A LOT behind the scenes, without fanfare as is his way

We've seen it many times...out here it looks like he's doing nothing, but behind the scenes he's working harder than anyone else. He picks the time to announce very carefully.

He earns every grey hair and wrinkle on his face.

[Kathy M]

40. +1

[Cha]

47. Exactly, Blanche.. as I told the

first poster who it was a day late and a dollar short. smh

Thank you! And, I bet when he gets out he'll start looking younger.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

53. Oh, I really like that thought, Cha!

When the term is finished, this great human being is gonna have a chance to be a human again!

I mean, this is a person who sacrificed a lot of personal freedoms, for the sake of a vow he made.

Damn, when I think about it this way it really makes me stop n think... I think he must have been a leader in many different lifetimes, so he was the most well prepared person for the job.


Oh heck, I'm in a rambling kind of mood here. Lol!!
Time to turn in!

[Cha]

54. An old soul.. yes!

When he gets out.. he'll have more time for Basketball and working out.. and not be going to state dinners and traveling all over the place(well maybe just a little for that one).

Take care.. see you later!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

55. Night night!

Yep, old soul who's been workin it over many lifetimes.

xoxo
zzzzzzz ❤️

[HoneyBadgerDontCare]

34. Am I naive?

I already assumed that they reported this for the President every day. I suspect that what they are doing in the next month is redacting everything that is not political. Because Russia, China, and every other country friend or foe, are certainly already elbows deep in industrial espionage, insider trading, virus proliferation, drugs, etc.

[riversedge]

35. NYTimes--more information -Trace attack on DNC, Podesta others...

Obama Orders Intelligence Report on Russian Election Hacking
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/us/obama-russia-election-hack.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=64628103&pgtype=article


By DAVID E. SANGERDEC. 9, 2016

Washington — President Obama has ordered American intelligence agencies to produce a full report on Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election, his homeland security adviser said on Friday. He also directed them to develop a list of “lessons learned” from the broad campaign the United States has accused Russia of carrying out to steal emails, publish their contents and probe the vote-counting system.

“We may have crossed a new threshold here,” Lisa Monaco, one of Mr. Obama’s closest aides and the former head of the national security division of the Justice Department, told reporters Friday. “He expects to receive this report before he leaves office.”

The report, according to senior administration officials, will trace the attacks on the Democratic National Committee and on prominent individuals like John D. Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

But it is unclear that the contents of the report will be made public. Intelligence agencies and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which still has an active investigation of the hacking underway, have been reluctant to make public any of their findings; they fear it will reveal sources and methods of how the incursions were traced back to Russia. After past investigations involving sensitive intelligence information, declassified versions of reports were sometimes published, with a classified version sent to congressional committees and some agencies.


President-elect Donald J. Trump has consistently questioned whether hacking happened, and if it did whether Russia was responsible. He has suggested that the effort to blame Russia was, in fact, an effort to discredit him and his call for closer relations with Moscow.

Mr. Trump repeated those doubts in a Time magazine interview published this week. “I don’t believe it,” he said. “I don’t believe they interfered.” He suggested that American intelligence reports attributing the attacks to Russia were driven by politics, not facts.....................

[Cha]

48. Thank you for this, Rivers!

[joanbarnes]

36. hurry up, I would have started Nov. 8

[lagomorph777]

39. Please, do it and PUBLICIZE IT!

If the report is locked in GOP desk drawers, it's utterly useless.

[Sunlei]

44. I look foward to the report. The facts documented.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

45. Watch the orange shit gibbon rescind the order once in office.

[kacekwl]

49. Once again

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. WTF

[lonestarnot]

50. Key words, "before he leaves office."

[ALBliberal]

52. Nothing will change. We will still he stuck with this Jerk as pres. Nt