The FBI’s & DHS’s policy was to NOT tell the public, states, or Congress of county & vendor election-system breaches. They let counties & vendors decide whether to disclose. It was #RealityWinner who exposed this dangerous policy. Ds AND Rs in the Senate criticized the policy. 1/
https://twitter.com/wendymeer11/status/1393549329936392192
The FBI later changed its policy to notify states (though not the public or Congress) of election system breaches. They did it due to the outrage over their concealment of breaches. Counties and vendors were not voluntarily coming forward to warn that they had been breached. 2/
The change in policy would not have happened without #RealityWinner. But the policy is still dangerous bc it does not require that the FBI or DHS notify Congress or the public of county or state breaches. That is still up to the election offices. 3/
Nor does it require that the FBI or DHS notify even election officials if the vendors themselves are breached. This is so dangerous. There was a recent report that the DHS had been infiltrated by white supremacists. 4/
We need a law requiring disclosure to Congress AND the public of election-system breaches. We also need robust manual election audits for all federal races (not just those picked by the GOP) in 2022. Where are the Democrats?! 5/
We also need “POTUS to #FreeRealityWinner. Most people do not understand that the FBI & DHS deliberately kept the public in the dark, not due to ongoing investigations, but rather bc they consider vendors & election offices to be the only “victims” of election system breaches. 6/
Article about the FBI’s still inadequate policy re disclosure of election-system breaches. 7/ fcw.com/Articles/2020/…
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