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Former homeland secretary says FBI delayed notification of cyber hack
Reuters ^ | June 21, 2017 | by Julia Edwards Ainsley

Posted on 06/21/2017 10:53:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told a congressional panel on Wednesday that there was a delay between the time the FBI first made contact with the Democratic National Committee about Russia hacking its servers and the time he was notified at the Department of Homeland Security.

Johnson blamed the emergence of a 2005 tape, in which Donald Trump brags about sexually assaulting women, for distracting the American public at the time of the warnings.

Asked why the Obama administration did not do more to warn the public about the hacking, Johnson said, "We were very concerned that we would not be perceived as taking sides in the election, injecting ourselves into a very heated campaign."

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A video released by NBC News to destroy Trump distracted the FBI to the point they hid the Clinton DNC server hack from the American people. Sure ... that's the ticket!
1 posted on 06/21/2017 10:53:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Their help desk was notified for 7 months straight and the warning of the hack was ignored.


2 posted on 06/21/2017 10:56:00 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It is really fascinating just how stupid they think we are.


3 posted on 06/21/2017 10:56:21 AM PDT by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How many times can the Benghazi plot line be recycled?

Blame the video. Blame the video.


4 posted on 06/21/2017 10:56:30 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Jeh ‘s a liar too.


5 posted on 06/21/2017 10:57:24 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It was their contractor, Crowdstrike who did the “investigation”.
Crowdstrike is owned by a former FBI guy and a real life Russia, Alperovich.
One wonders what they were really up to.


6 posted on 06/21/2017 10:59:15 AM PDT by tinamina
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To: tinamina

FBI has never been the same since the agent have to wear suits not dresses.


7 posted on 06/21/2017 11:00:49 AM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; Fred Nerks

Its TRUMPS Fault./S

The FBI couldn’t walk and chew gum at the same time?

The DNC would NOT allow the FBI access to their computers. That’s why the delay. The FBI never did get access to the hacked servers of the DNC. There was to much info on the servers about the Obama assassination team working out of Chicago that did people like Seth Rich.

Jeh Johnston, spinning the facts and redefining history one testimony at a time.Why let him get away with it?


8 posted on 06/21/2017 11:04:22 AM PDT by Candor7 (Obama Fascism (http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That wily Trump!

Bragging about grabbing p***y years in advance just to distract the public from the outstanding work of our spymasters! /s


9 posted on 06/21/2017 11:06:33 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: tinamina
One wonders what they were really up to.

Maybe Hillary sold access to the DNC system to the Russians in return for them doing the dirty work to help her oust Sanders as the Dem Pres. Candidate.

10 posted on 06/21/2017 11:07:35 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Maybe Jeh was preoccupied with the DHS hack of Georgia’s and other state electoral systems.


11 posted on 06/21/2017 11:10:23 AM PDT by ntnychik
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Quran=”Quintessential American Values”, eh Jeh??


12 posted on 06/21/2017 11:12:03 AM PDT by Freemeorkillme
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To: b4its2late
My exact thought, too. I wouldn't believe a word that this dope says - he's an Obamabot, programmed to lie with impunity. It was his agency that tried to hack the GA SOS, yet no explanation for that.
13 posted on 06/21/2017 11:13:14 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason (It is time to make America an uncomfortable place for Marxist usurpers.)
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To: UCANSEE2

Maybe Hillary sold access to the DNC system to the Russians in return for them doing the dirty work to help her oust Sanders as the Dem Pres. Candidate.

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don’t know about the russkies, but hildabease & Debbie wasserman Schultz both spread um for the Paki ISI Awan brothers.


14 posted on 06/21/2017 11:53:46 AM PDT by thinden
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What a maroon!


15 posted on 06/21/2017 3:22:46 PM PDT by FamiliarFace
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To: b4its2late

Question: The NSA reportedly had hacking software that could ‘spoof’ a Russian attack.

Have there been any reports of the use of that software, before or after it was leaked to the world?

Having that sitting around could be mighty tempting to those obsessed with searching for Russian witches.


16 posted on 06/21/2017 5:37:28 PM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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To: HangThemHigh
Definitely. That's probably the cause. Obummer had them probe the 21 states that didn't buy into his federal oversight of the election process in the states. They probably left a Russian fingerprint.

Wikileaks: CIA hackers can pose as Russians—ring a bell?

17 posted on 06/22/2017 6:09:30 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Major Matt Mason

Yep. Unbelievable what went on the last 8 years, and nothing has been done by the MSM to expose it. It’s the internet and new media looking but they don’t have the access that the MSM has. Tougher to dig stuff up. It’s a conspiracy.


18 posted on 06/22/2017 6:11:49 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: HangThemHigh

It’s probably been used and who knows maybe stolen.


19 posted on 06/23/2017 9:02:43 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: b4its2late

Stolen?

I read that some hacker got a large collection of NSA malware and released it through the hacker equivalent of wikileaks.

It’s out there, lurking. Or maybe not.


20 posted on 06/23/2017 11:00:33 AM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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