Trump names Rudy Giuliani as cyber security adviser

NY Post ^ | January 12, 2017 | Daniel Halper

[Wonder Warthog]

"I wasn’t aware that Giuliani had any background whatsoever in network security."

He doesn't need it. That is what geeks are for (me geek!). More important is his experience as a federal prosecutor, although I am sure that the City of New York needed quite a bit of network security for the city's computer systems. Add to that his impeccable record for integrity.

Major win for Trump.

[pgkdan]

“What fun!!!!!!!!!!!! Anybody else gonna be home to celebrate?”

Oh yeah! I took Friday off and I'm gonna celebrate all weekend.

[Grampa Dave]

Our family IT, a 15 year old, could give them advice.

However, he is more conservative than his parents and us. He might just really $crew them up re their digital world.

[connyankee]

#anotherbrilliantmove

[xkaydet65]

My thoughts exactly. Though I would hope his security business would cknnect with cyber outfits that are both skilled and trustworthy. Otherwise this is just a Potemkin appointment.

[COUNTrecount]

More details emerged on Thursday of how it was presented to the Trump team in a briefing from a senior intelligence official to NBC News, which was reported on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

The official said that the two-page document summarizing the claims was given to the Trump transition team - but in a secure room in Washington D.C., and not in Trump Tower.

It was not referred to in the oral briefing in any form, the official told the broadcaster. The report backs up Trump's denial of any knowledge of the dossier until it emerged on Tuesday evening.

Placing it in a secure room would mean that it could not be copied or moved by the Trump team to take it to the president-elect and any discussion of it would have been on secure telephone lines or secure email.

However it also raises the question of who briefed the initial leaked story to CNN that the material had been presented to the president-elect - which was followed by Buzzfeed's publication.

Clapper himself said that he telephoned Trump and told him that he was 'dismayed' by leaks of a now discredited intelligence document.

During their phone call Clapper also told Trump that he did not believe the leaks of the claims, which have not been substantiated, came from within the US intelligence community.

The statement did not address whether the disclosure of the presence of the summary document in briefing materials came from the intelligence community - which is now the central point.

[stormer]

Is he going to hire his own company to do work? And if Rudy’s such a security expert, how is it his own hand-picker police commissioner was a goddamn crook?

[SVTCobra03]

I will be at home downing lobster, prawns and scallops with copious amounts of Dom Perignon.

[TexasCruzin]

Rudy is part of Trump’s inner circle and will remain there.

[YogicCowboy]

Three-dimensional ping pong?

[Uversabound]

Ha I am putting Dom perignon on the list.

For my Dom at home

(husband’s name)

Anyway its going to be a great day. AND I will not be at work listening to the libtards is the best part.

When zero was sworn in, thank GOD, I was still working in the company’s other building. The whole company was made to sit in the cafeteria and watch it.

Yep. ; > /

[southernmomma]

I agree. The thread on election night was a once in a lifetime experience. Hopefully it will happen on inauguration day.