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Obama orders review of cyber attacks on 2016 election: adviser
Reuters ^ | 12-9-2016 | Jeff Mason

Posted on 12/09/2016 8:03:00 AM PST by sheikdetailfeather

U.S. President Barack Obama ordered intelligence agencies to review cyber attacks and foreign intervention into the 2016 election and deliver a report before he leaves office on Jan. 20, homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco said on Friday.

Monaco told reporters the results of the report would be shared with lawmakers and others.

"The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process ... and to capture lessons learned from that and to report to a range of stakeholders, to include the Congress," Monaco said during an event hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

Monaco said cyber attacks were not new but might have crossed a "new threshold" this year.

When she was working as a senior FBI official in 2008, she said, the agency alerted the presidential campaigns of then-Senator Obama and Republican Senator John McCain that China had infiltrated their respective systems.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016issues; attacks; bho44; bhorussia; blamegame; cyber; cyberattack; election; hackers; hillary2016; obama; obama2016election; review; wikileaks
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This just hit Fox News not long ago.
1 posted on 12/09/2016 8:03:00 AM PST by sheikdetailfeather
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Damn Russian hackers.


2 posted on 12/09/2016 8:03:52 AM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Yo, Barry, aks Hitlery if she has any BleachBit left.


3 posted on 12/09/2016 8:04:13 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

What cyber-attacks?


4 posted on 12/09/2016 8:04:17 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Probably just trying to appease his moonbat base.


5 posted on 12/09/2016 8:04:25 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Coverup before he leaves office.


6 posted on 12/09/2016 8:04:26 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Not the 2008 and 2012 elections, though.


7 posted on 12/09/2016 8:04:32 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Drudge tweeted this out a lil bit ago.
I guess this is their next move after failed recounts.


8 posted on 12/09/2016 8:04:57 AM PST by Voluntaryist
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Can’t investigate Hillary’s server, but THIS you have time for.


9 posted on 12/09/2016 8:05:21 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BenLurkin

What cyber-attacks?


Floppy drives at polling places.


10 posted on 12/09/2016 8:05:42 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: BenLurkin

Did Homeland Security Hack Georgia’s Election Data?

http://dennismichaellynch.com/homeland-security-hack-georgias-election-data/


11 posted on 12/09/2016 8:06:02 AM PST by sheikdetailfeather (Trump is exposing the fifth column in the U.S.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Another waste of taxpayer money. Just like Stien.


12 posted on 12/09/2016 8:07:36 AM PST by wardamneagle (C)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

But I thought questioning democracy was dangerous!!


13 posted on 12/09/2016 8:07:57 AM PST by Voluntaryist
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"The president has directed the intelligence community to conduct a full review of what happened during the 2016 election process

Ummm, Mizz H. got her butt handed to her?

Yeah, that's about it...

.

14 posted on 12/09/2016 8:10:41 AM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

The very first thing that Trump should do is CANCEL the contracts Obama’s government has let to do this “review”.

It is just a final rape of the contract coffers to pay off cronies. KILL THE FUNDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


15 posted on 12/09/2016 8:11:11 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Voluntaryist

Exactly what I was thinking. This is all just face saving theater.


16 posted on 12/09/2016 8:12:54 AM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Amazing isn’t it?


17 posted on 12/09/2016 8:12:56 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: sheikdetailfeather

O to drain the evidence?


18 posted on 12/09/2016 8:13:52 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Where's Hillary?)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Trying so hard to stay relevant because Trump has stolen his thunder and his spotlight.

I just know stompy foot thought he would be the center of attention as he prepared to leave office, perhaps even planning a goodbye version of his Greek (or Roman, I forget) appearance we barfed through 8 years ago.

Not “all about me” anymore.

Love it!!


19 posted on 12/09/2016 8:14:49 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: sheikdetailfeather
>>deliver a report

Here's YOUR report, Comrade Chairman flex-O-bumble:

Pack yer bags and put the toilet seat back up when you leave.

Your replacement will be peeing standing up.

20 posted on 12/09/2016 8:14:53 AM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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