Posted on 01/06/2017 3:46:43 PM PST by Mariner
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Citing increasingly sophisticated cyber bad actors and an election infrastructure that's "vital to our national interests," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced Friday that he's designating U.S. election systems critical infrastructure, a move that provides more federal help for state and local governments to keep their election systems safe from tampering.
"Given the vital role elections play in this country, it is clear that certain systems and assets of election infrastructure meet the definition of critical infrastructure, in fact and in law," Johnson said in a statement. He added: "Particularly in these times, this designation is simply the right and obvious thing to do."
The determination came after months of review and despite opposition from many states worried that the designation would lead to increased federal regulation or oversight on the many decentralized and locally run voting systems across the country. It was announced on the same day a declassified U.S. intelligence report said Russian President Vladimir Putin "ordered" an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election.
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Or is it just average Dim overreach?
Imagine if you will, the Obama DHS with full control over the election infrastructure nationwide.
DHS tried to hack the Georgia election and now they want to make their hacking legal?
If I was a state registrar I’d tell them to go to hell.
[[Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced Friday that he’s designating U.S. election systems critical infrastructure, a move that provides more federal help for state and local governments to keep their election systems safe from tampering.]]
Why? Was the election actually hacked?
But we were told before the elections that it was an absurd Trump fantasy to think that the election could be compromised.
Was it also “critical” to protect the personal info of over a million USG HR records/
Where was the outrage then? The investigative reporting? The accountability”. The sanctions by Obambi?
Where where where?
The DNC is not a part of election systems.
Jeh is using the DNC hack as a pretense.
Trump wins again! His team will investigate and watch over state and local election processes. Tired of winning yet????????
The election was not hacked.
DHS tried.
The federal gov’t has NO authority to involve itself in these matters.
It’s void in 14 days. Trump DHS will void it.
However, the Democrats will conflate that action with Russian hacking the elections.
There’s at least 100 million people in America that will believe them.
Read it again.
provides more federal help for state and local governments to keep their election systems safe from tampering.
Trumps admin owns this process. Get it????
Read it again.
provides more federal help for state and local governments to keep their election systems safe from tampering.
Trumps admin owns this process. Get it????
Hey Jeh, you can STOP with the BS narrative that the Russians caused Hillary to lose the election. Enough already, HACK.
If “tampering” includes STOPPING illegal aliens from voting in our elections, I’m all for it!
Finally, somebody understand the crux of the matter. That, and corruption/fraud.
The individual computers of the DNC are NOT part of the “election infrastructure”.
Yep. No matter how hard they try.....Trump wins again. This give the new admin power to dive into the election processes of every state.
Trump wins again!
I read it. What I get is that the only hacking I know of this election was done by the DHS trying to get into Georgia’s system. Besides, elections are state business, not the fedgov’s business. This is just another fed over reach. Get it???
“Get it????”
Yeah. And anyone willing to overlook Constitutional law so their guy can have more power, is going to be the goat when the other guy is in power. And their will be another Obama or Clinton.
Revenge is so very, very appealing I’ll concede.
But we have to right the ship and take our revenge at the personal level.
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