Posted on 12/20/2020 4:52:55 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden’s team will consider several options to punish Russia for its suspected role in the unprecedented hacking of U.S. government agencies and companies once he takes office, from new financial sanctions to cyberattacks on Russian infrastructure, people familiar with the matter say.
The response will need to be strong enough to impose a high economic, financial or technological cost on the perpetrators, but avoid an escalating conflict between two nuclear-armed Cold War adversaries, said one of the people familiar with Biden’s deliberations, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The overarching goal of any action, which could also include stepped-up counter cyber espionage efforts, would be to create an effective deterrence and diminish the potency of future Russian cyber spying, the person said.
The unfolding crisis - and the lack of visibility over the extent of the infiltration into the computer networks of federal agencies including the Treasury, Energy and Commerce Departments - will push to the front of Biden’s agenda when he takes office on Jan. 20.
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More nonsense from Reuters.
The biggest meddlers in the elections were China and Iran blatantly interfering in the elections for Dementia Joe. The did not even bother to hide it.
Russian interference? What Russian interference?
The Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, said recently during a Fox News interview:
“There are a lot of people who, for economic reasons, don’t want China to be our greatest threat.”
“ There are a lot of people who, for political reasons, don’t want China to be our greatest threat in America, but the intelligence doesn’t lie.
“China is our greatest threat and it’s not even close!!!”
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>>> America ain’t what it used to be, and I’m not the American I used to be. I believe in virtually none of the offices or institutions of this government that I used to revere, or, at minimum, respect. I have nothing for them but contempt and distrust.<<<
Could not agree more. Well said.
First, this stuff is an act of war. Not some business conglomerate neutering the opponent to be in the position to make zand seal a better deal.
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Where’s the evidence that would justify a war over this “act of war”? What exactly was the Russian government supposed to have done? Hopefully, it is the type of evidence that we already have against the Chinese and their voting machine shenanigans.
Biden’s options for Russian hacking punishment: You want some uranium with that I can make you a great deal.
If this were a real problem, Trump would have already handled it. Ergo, it I not a problem.
Unbelievable, the Trump presidency started with Russia! Russia! Russia! and now the press is trying to end it the same way.
Ignorant, self-administering scumbags who know only what they tell themselves. Unreal.
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