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FBI Chief Responds to Concern Over Cyberthreats to US Election System
ABC ^ | 30 AUG 16 | By Mike Levine

Posted on 08/30/2016 2:34:43 PM PDT by DCBryan1

he FBI has responded to recent concerns about U.S. voting systems being targeted for cyberattacks as Election Day approaches, saying the agency takes the threat "very, very seriously" and is working to "equip the rest of our government with options."

FBI Director James Comey addressed the issue while speaking to government and private-industry experts attending the Symantec Government Symposium in Washington, D.C.

"We take very seriously any effort by any actor," he said, "to influence the conduct of affairs in our country, whether that's an election or something else."

His comments come one day after news surfaced about FBI warnings to the states that hackers had infiltrated one state board of election and targeted another.

Three days ago, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., sent a letter to Comey, expressing concern that "the threat of the Russian government tampering in our presidential election is more extensive than widely known and may include the intent to falsify official election results."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; fbi; fraud; hack
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Get ready. Obama is going to try to federalized the election.........BLOAT!
1 posted on 08/30/2016 2:34:43 PM PDT by DCBryan1
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Well crap.


2 posted on 08/30/2016 2:35:14 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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The crooked FBI is setting the stage so that if Trump wins, it will because the evil Russians manipulated the electronic voting.


3 posted on 08/30/2016 2:37:23 PM PDT by garyb
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If they are taking it seriously, they might want to get a different spokesman besides the guy everyone in the country knows is a political pawn of the Democrat party.


4 posted on 08/30/2016 2:37:25 PM PDT by Boogieman
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The FBI is a bad joke after its “investigation” of Hillary. Who can believe anything they say?


5 posted on 08/30/2016 2:37:43 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton: Death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.)
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Wut?


6 posted on 08/30/2016 2:37:45 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (More Donations. Less Duplications.)
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To: DCBryan1

The powers that be are laying the foundation to nullify Trump’s election.


7 posted on 08/30/2016 2:39:32 PM PDT by Calvin Cooledge
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But what is the FBI doing about it?


8 posted on 08/30/2016 2:39:46 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Dim bulb Reid you guys are not going to get out of this election. November 8th is your good bye date.


9 posted on 08/30/2016 2:41:28 PM PDT by Red Steel
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I tried to comment on ABC news link but they are banning me. Anyway, maybe it’s because I called SOROS the anti-Christ.
Here is what I wrote
Could it be SOROS/DNC? The hacked e-mails from Open Society reveal an overdose of meddling in EU elections, “normalizing” refugee break-ins into the West, an effort to nationalize the police,buying off SCOTUS for illegal alien amnesty attempts...so why not hack and steal the US elections?


10 posted on 08/30/2016 2:43:49 PM PDT by magna carta
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...the agency takes the threat "very, very seriously"...

HAR, HAR, HAR.

11 posted on 08/30/2016 2:44:07 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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The Lefties will do anything to keep Trump out of the White House.


12 posted on 08/30/2016 2:44:34 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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We’ve all gotten the source and source links backwards at some point.


13 posted on 08/30/2016 2:45:19 PM PDT by rdl6989
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Democrats hate it when someone else tries to get in the way of their stealing an election. They really don't like competition and have never really had any competition in the theft of doctoring votes.

Democrats don't mind stolen elections as long as they are the ones doing the steeling. This is why the FBI is concerned. Obama and Hillary are concerned and want the FBI to get rid of the competition.

14 posted on 08/30/2016 2:47:54 PM PDT by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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"The crooked FBI is setting the stage so that if Trump wins, it will be because the evil Russians manipulated the electronic voting.

100%! This is what is happening and the media is hyping this big time. Notice what Tim Kaine said today, that Trump is in cahoots with Russia.. 100% conspiracy to discredit election results and enable 0dunga to REFUSE TO LEAVE THE WH UNTIL HILLARY IS DECLARED THE WINNER.

BLOAT, there's a CivilWarBrewing.

15 posted on 08/30/2016 2:48:11 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Females DESTROYED America.)
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Did he mention if they were looking for or found any intent. Didn’t think so.


16 posted on 08/30/2016 2:51:16 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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Go back to punch cards.
Very low cost, secure and accurate.


17 posted on 08/30/2016 2:51:40 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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There are solutions:

Like using the above as a check.

18 posted on 08/30/2016 2:52:46 PM PDT by Edward.Fish
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To: garyb

Does anyone believe a word Comey says anymore?


19 posted on 08/30/2016 2:59:25 PM PDT by OLDCU
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Sorry, Comey, you’ve lost all respect and credibility with millions of Americans. Go piss up a rope...


20 posted on 08/30/2016 3:00:09 PM PDT by DJ Frisat (Hey, what happened to my clever tag line?!)
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