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To: Cboldt
Not the timezone - the TIME - the tweet appeared about 10 minutes before its timestamp (?!?!?>

Here's DOJ: DEPUTY A.G. ROSENSTEIN: GOOD MORNING. FOR MANY DECADES, THE UNITED STATES HAS LED THE WORLD IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT. HOSTILE INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND NATION STATES HAVE TAKEN NOTE OF OUR SUCCESS. THE INCREASE IN THE ATTEMPT TO PROFIT FROM AMERICANS INGENUITY BY INFILTRATING OUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS, STEALING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ABATING CONTROLS ON EXPORTS. WHEN HACKERS GAIN UNLAWFUL ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, IT CAN TAKE THEM ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO STEAL DISCOVERIES THAT WERE PRODUCED BY MANY YEARS OF WORK IN MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT. THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY DOES NOT JUST CAUSE ECONOMIC HARM. IT ALSO THREATENS AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY. IDENTIFYING AND PROSECUTING COMPUTER HACKERS IS A TOP PRIORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THAT A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK INDICTED NINE IRANIANS FOR CONSPIRING TO HACK INTO COMPUTERS AND ATTEMPTING TO DEFRAUD AMERICAN AND FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES, BUSINESSES, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. I WANT TO CAUTION YOU THAT AN INDICTMENT IS NOT IF FINDING OF GUILT. IN THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM, DEFENDANTS ARE ASSUMED INNOCENT UNLESS AND UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY IN COURT. THE INDICTMENT ALLEGES THE DEFENDANTS WORKED ON BEHALF OF THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT, SPECIFICALLY THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS. THEY HAVE TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS OF APPROXIMATELY 120 UNIVERSITIES -- PARDON ME, APPROXIMATELY 320 UNIVERSITIES IN 22 COUNTRIES. 144 OF THE UNIVERSITY VICTIMS ARE AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES. THE DEFENDANTS STOLE RESEARCH THAT COST THOSE UNIVERSITIES FOUR POINT $2 BILLION TO PROCURE AND MAINTAIN. THAT INFORMATION WAS USED BY THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD OR SOLD FOR PROFIT IN IRAN. THE DEFENDANTS WORKED FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT TWO OF THE DEFENDANTS FOUNDED FOR THE STATED PURPOSE OF HELPING IRANIAN DIVERSITIES ACCESS SCIENTIFIC -- UNIVERSITIES ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. THE WORK CONSISTED OF STEALING RESEARCH THROUGH ILLEGAL COMPUTER INTRUSIONS. THE INDICTMENT CHARGES NINE DEFENDANTS FOR COMMITTING SEVEN FEDERAL FRONT -- CRIMES THAT INCLUDE COMPUTER FRAUD, WIRE FRAUD, CONSPIRACY, AND IDENTITY THEFT.
401 posted on 03/23/2018 7:09:38 AM PDT by Steven W.
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To: Steven W.

AN INDICTMENT IS NOT IF FINDING OF GUILT.

Typo.. put together too quickly with nobody proofing the copy?


404 posted on 03/23/2018 7:13:07 AM PDT by txhurl (The Final Thunderdome: Tw'o Americas enter, One America leaves)
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To: Steven W.
A FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK INDICTED NINE IRANIANS FOR CONSPIRING TO HACK...

Iran next [].
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Prelude to a kiss?

417 posted on 03/23/2018 7:25:42 AM PDT by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
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To: Steven W.

TOO MANY CAPS. TOO MANY CAPS. MANY CAPS. TOO MANY CAPS.
TOO MANY CAPS. TOO MANY CAPS. MANY CAPS. TOO MANY CAPS.
TOO MANY CAPS. TOO MANY CAPS. MANY CAPS. TOO MANY CAPS.
TOO MANY CAPS. TOO MANY CAPS. MANY CAPS. TOO MANY CAPS.
TOO MANY CAPS. TOO MANY CAPS. MANY CAPS. TOO MANY CAPS.


423 posted on 03/23/2018 7:31:05 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Steven W.

WOW


518 posted on 03/23/2018 9:27:01 AM PDT by JockoManning (http://www.zazzle.com/brain_truth for hats T's e.g. STAY CALM & DO THE NEXT LOVING THING)
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To: Steven W.

All caps and no paragraphs? I’ll wait for the decode down thread.


552 posted on 03/23/2018 9:53:41 AM PDT by Chuckster (There is no government solution to government corruption.)
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