After 2 years of Trump refusing to acknowledge Russian election interference – calling it a hoax & its investigation a witch hunt – his admin has no strategy to combat foreign election manipulation & no one charge of the effort.
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In a normal White House, an NSC point person would work with govt agencies, the states, & social media companies to protect our electoral systems.
The Trump White House eliminated the job of NSC deputy national security adviser for cyber security.
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The Trump White House eliminated the job of NSC deputy national security adviser for cyber security.
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Russian GRU hackers targeted Sen McCaskill, 1 of 10 Senate Dems facing re-election this year in states Trump won in 2016. Around the time of the attempted hack, Trump was in her home state of Missouri, telling his crowd to “vote her out of office.”
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"Trump's inability to acknowledge that the Russians interfered in 2016 & that they'll be back in 2018 is really hampering the govt's response to this threat...it leaves us incredibly vulnerable to continued interference by the Russians or any other foreign adversary."
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Russian govt hackers appear more interested in proving they can disrupt the US power grid than in the midterm elections, say US intelligence officials – BUT "it's possible Russian hackers are holding their fire until closer to Election Day in Nov."
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After 19 months in office & 2 years of calling Russian election interference a hoax, today Trump presided over the first NSC meeting devoted to combating foreign election interference. It lasted less than 30 minutes before he left to go play golf.
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"Russian government hackers are waging a covert war on the West.”
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