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US prepped for massive cyber assault on Russia
NY POST ^ | October 15, 2016 | Joe Tacopino

Posted on 10/15/2016 5:47:01 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

The Obama administration is threatening to launch a vast cyber war against Russia in response to the country’s alleged interference with the presidential election.

Vice President Joe Biden told NBC News Friday that “we’re sending a message” to Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the wide-ranging “clandestine” cyber operation will take place.

“We’re sending a message,” Biden said during an interview with “Meet the Press” that will air on Sunday. “We have the capacity to do it. It will be at the time of our choosing, and under the circumstances that will have the greatest impact,”

The vice president belittled Russia’s alleged interference in the US election but stressed their efforts, however futile, would be responded in kind.

“Their capacity to fundamentally alter the election is not what people think,” Biden said.

“And I tell you what, to the extent that they do we will be proportional in what we do.”

It was not clear whether the American public would be alerted when or if an attack actually took place. When asked about whether the public would even be aware an attack took place Biden simply said “Hope not.”

Intelligence officials told NBC News that CIA has already begun “opening cyber doors, selecting targets and making other preparations for an operation.”

James Stavridis, a retired four-star Navy admiral who served as the supreme allied commander at NATO, told NBC that the CIA should “embarrass” the Kremlin by exposing financial dealings of Putin and his cronies.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cyberattack; cyberwarfare; obamacyberattack; obamarussia; obamawiii; outages; russiawwiii; stravridis; wwiii
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To: HollyB

They announce everything.


61 posted on 10/15/2016 6:26:30 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount

Obama is rattling his saber.

Putting is moving his military assets into place.

Not good for us.


62 posted on 10/15/2016 6:27:43 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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To: hardspunned

Causing hundreds of billions in losses as a result of their meddling is OK as long as they retain power.

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Right, its all about power and manipulation. The elites want to control everything.

And then one fine day Donald J. Trump came along...


63 posted on 10/15/2016 6:27:54 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: COUNTrecount
Clandestine? Covert?

The whole world knows....lol

These people in D.C. ARE the big scary clowns.

64 posted on 10/15/2016 6:28:50 AM PDT by servantboy777
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To: HollyB

Trump camp puts forward witness to refute sex assault claim

By Daniel Halper

October 14, 2016 | 5:16pm

http://nypost.com/2016/10/14/trump-camp-puts-forward-witness-to-refute-sex-assault-claim/


65 posted on 10/15/2016 6:28:53 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: Starboard

Putin can do pretty much anything he wants to. Unless he is fearful of strongly worded letter of condemnation.


66 posted on 10/15/2016 6:28:54 AM PDT by phoneman08
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To: COUNTrecount

Sure, blame it on Russia. That’s the ticket. Maybe the voters will believe it.


67 posted on 10/15/2016 6:29:13 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: COUNTrecount
We have no proof it is the Russians. Besides, Russia does not control Wikileaks.

0bama is going to cyberattack and hobble Russia for unprovable deeds? CRAZY!

68 posted on 10/15/2016 6:29:22 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: COUNTrecount

Can you see the irony in the liberal sheeple laughing hysterically at Mitt Romney’s assertion that Russia was our biggest threat? Now their idols are warning of the threat of nuclear war. You can’t make this up.


69 posted on 10/15/2016 6:30:43 AM PDT by Darnright (If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. Anatole France)
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To: PLMerite

“It is a good head fake.”

The Russians are paranoid and could strike first because of the Biden statement.


70 posted on 10/15/2016 6:32:29 AM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: Will88

A huge charade designed to divert and detract from the potential damage of the Wikileaks email releases.

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Exactly. They can’t stop Wikileaks. The cat is already out of the bag. They have given up on that effort and are now moving on to Plan B: putting the focus on Russia.


71 posted on 10/15/2016 6:32:29 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: COUNTrecount

Oh, so once again we tell the other side what we’re going to do!


72 posted on 10/15/2016 6:32:58 AM PDT by nikos1121 (I am way more deplorable than you.)
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To: alancarp

The majority of these sorts of leaks have been found to be from insiders simply copying and disseiminating on their own.

However, those entities that do DDoS and ransomware—those are different.


73 posted on 10/15/2016 6:35:27 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: HollyB

Dems will do anything to keep Trump out, like starting a war with Russia and canceling the elections.


74 posted on 10/15/2016 6:35:56 AM PDT by jetson
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To: COUNTrecount

Now liberals actually CAN play at war. Pajama boy gamers with health insurance are our heroes and warriors now.


75 posted on 10/15/2016 6:39:06 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: COUNTrecount

Everything this administration touches turns to excrement.Now they are going to launch a cyber attack on Russia and tell them beforehand that they’re going to do it.

All I can say if it’s war Obama,Clinton and Kerry want they should at least have their children on the potential firing line sharing the risk with the rest of us.


76 posted on 10/15/2016 6:39:45 AM PDT by puppypusher ( The World is going to the dogs.)
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To: RC one

Because they don’t mean it. They bow up in the media to look tough and strong, but they won’t do the first thing of substance. It is a dangerous game to play if you’re not serious and the other side is...especially if the other side knows it, and with this President and administration, the other side knows it.


77 posted on 10/15/2016 6:40:40 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: phoneman08

Obama is such a narcissist he must think that just his mere posturing and empty bluster will intimidates people into giving into him. Well maybe that was true for President Snowflake within his affirmative action world, but it doesn’t work in the real world. As he is about to find out.


78 posted on 10/15/2016 6:41:31 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: HollyB

The announcement is for the U.S. voter, not for Russia. My opinion: I do think this is for after/during the votes are tallied. IF Hillary wins the cyber attack will disappear because “they” will not need it, but if Donald Trump is winning/won they will pull out all the stops to get the witch elected and keep The Chair in power.

A cyber attack will stop the going machines from working, it will stop us from communicating to know that incredibly massive fraud in occurring. I would not put anything, I repeat ANYTHING past the evil in power.

Russia bring her people back home...maybe they think there will be charged him war here. Maybe it is not fake.

All speculation and a fair plot for a book.


79 posted on 10/15/2016 6:41:38 AM PDT by madison10 (Praying for team Trump.)
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To: bgill

Obama still has his little Presidential Panties in a wad over Putins treatment of gays.

And the Ruskies have been killing Barrys ISIS buddies, upsetting his plans for Muzzie domination of the world.


80 posted on 10/15/2016 6:46:02 AM PDT by digger48
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