Posted on 12/16/2017 1:02:41 PM PST by Eddie01
A bipartisan group of senators are introducing a bill early next week to improve and streamline information about cyber threats between state and federal entities, in the wake of Russia's believed interference during the 2016 election, according to a top aide to one of the senators involved.
The bill, spearheaded by Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, and also sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, is intended to better the communication between the Department of Homeland Security, the intelligence community and state election offices, in efforts to thwart future interference in U.S. elections by foreign actors. The bill, which will include resources for states, is also intended to help states identify and prepare against cyber attacks.
Members of both Republican and Democratic leadership have so far responded positively to the legislative proposal, according to the aide, who said the senators involved are eager to pass the legislation ahead of the midterm primaries next year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has continued to deny interference in the 2016 election, and President Trump has said he believes Putin thinks the Kremlin did not interfere. Despite Mr. Trump's demurring on the issue, multiple intelligence agencies concluded in a January report that Russia interfered in the 2016 election, Trump-appointed CIA Director Mike Pompeo has said Russia "clearly" interfered in the election.
The legislation comes after the public learned Russia's believed intervention in the 2016 U.S. election was more widespread than initially believed. DHS and other agencies in 2016 found out Russian government-connected hackers tried to get into some states' voter registration systems, but DHS didn't disclose which states were affected for a year. Federal investigators didn't find any evidence that the hackers had tampered with voting machines, but the information alarmed elected officials. [snip]
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The emails Wikileaks received were from a DNC staffer.
The harumphers in DC are on the job!
Idiots
Praise the Lord and pass the gravy.......
What about FBI interference?
The same morons that pass laws against gun ownership are passing laws against foreign intervention.
I have always been amazed that stupid people think they are smart.
There was a propaganda attack, but that’s the price we pay for the freedom of speech, and doesn’t differ from the propaganda our own media and politicians dole out, and the Russians have been doing that since before they funded the very same nuclear freeze movement that Obama belonged to when he was a college brat. The Democrats are just mad that the Russian agitprop backfired on them and drove some of the fringe elements to vote for Trump.
They can start by getting rid of that Spanish company...
Too bad Strzok is no longer there to go through them in an hour or two...
Oh for crying out loud...
And this will forever be known as the bill that resulted from the Russian interference in the 2016 election.
We basically have no representation whatsoever, in the U. S. Senate.
McConnell, I’m beggin ya, resign now! Puuulease!
The only thing this bill does is allow the DEMS to spy on the communications of their opponents WITHOUT even bothering to go through the FISA process.
Good luck telling our adversaries "Now you stop that cyber spying. We COMMAND you!"
Once we know what was done, planning can take place on a prevention strategery. Otherwise, all of this 'Russia stuff' is political masturbation.
It makes me wonder if they're setting things up to rig future elections so the elites won't have to worry about another Trump arising.
The bill is useless unless it bans George Soros from U.S. influence.
Congress is replete with nitwits who do kabuyki-acts so as to make you think they are doing something useful. There was NO “foreign influence” in this past election. If anything, it was deep-state/fbi/clintoon-crime-family collusion and interference. Sheesh! Did I say “nitwits”?
My non-techie wife, mrs. Jimfree, just laughed when I showed her this.
smile. Merry Christmas Jimfree’s!
Complete insanity.
The fake news narrative has been "Russia's interference in the election" since the beginning. When did they start to walk that back?
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