Posted on 01/08/2017 9:25:46 PM PST by Lorianne
In a stunning last minute power grab by the Obama administration with just 14 days left in his Presidency, the Department of Homeland Security released a statement this evening officially declaring state election systems to be "critical infrastructure." The statement from DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson defines "election infrastructure" as "storage facilities, polling places, centralized vote tabulations locations, voter registration databases, voting machines" and all "other systems" to manage the election process...so pretty much everything.
I have determined that election infrastructure in this country should be designated as a subsector of the existing Government Facilities critical infrastructure sector. Given the vital role elections play in this country, it is clear that certain systems and assets of election infrastructure meet the definition of critical infrastructure, in fact and in law.
I have reached this determination so that election infrastructure will, on a more formal and enduring basis, be a priority for cybersecurity assistance and protections that the Department of Homeland Security provides to a range of private and public sector entities. By election infrastructure, we mean storage facilities, polling places, and centralized vote tabulations locations used to support the election process, and information and communications technology to include voter registration databases, voting machines, and other systems to manage the election process and report and display results on behalf of state and local governments.
Of course, it's likely not a coincidence that the DHS made this announcement just hours after the "intelligence community" declassified their "Russian Hacking" propaganda which basically noted that RT has a very effective social media distribution platform while once again providing absolutely no actual evidence.
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
Even Tom Clancy couldn't've dreamed up a character this devious.
Unfortunately, we're not living in a novel.
Undone by the next President in ten minutes.
I swear Obama is really mentally unbalanced. His behaviors since the election is evidence of it.
“I have reached this determination so that election infrastructure will, on a more formal and enduring basis, be a priority for cybersecurity assistance and protections that the Department of Homeland Security provides to a range of private and public sector entities.”
Isn’t this just ducky——more federal interference.
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Link’s no longer working.
“Persons associated with this critical infrastructure shall be screened prior to any interaction with the system. All persons shall be required to prove U.S. citizenship with a photo I.D., proficiency in the English language, and at least six months of Federal Tax reporting history. Interaction with the system includes manufacturing, servicing or data input. Data input includes both digital and paper voting ballots.”
Never does with Zero Hedge.
I do not know why
Perhaps someone else can post a link
Check out the AP’s spin!
“State election systems to get more federal aid for security”
By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press | Posted Jan 7th, 2017 @ 8:02pm
The 2008 election? :)
Trump is going to need a bigger pen.
Hmmm. Sounds like a move to confiscate and subject the voting system to a bloated, incompetent, liberal-run national bureaucracy. It’ll be as secure and well managed as the OPM, the VA, or Obamacare. Yep. Something’s up.
Absolutely. One quick pen stroke by Trump and this nonsense is relegated to the ash heap of history.
Well....President Trump can and MUST undo all of this crap, on DAY ONE!
His thinking is unsound. He is extremely dangerous. He should be removed from office as per 25th Amendment ASAP..
Serves Georgia right for reporting that the DHS tried to hack into its election systems.
This is interesting but I seem to recall that Jeh Johnson and John Brenner were both reported as being Muslims. Now if you Google that, those news reports seem to have disappeared into the ether....
Article is a month old.
This is what he is, and this is what he is going to continue to do.
Google’s having to clean the whole web of incriminatory evidence right now. They hubristicly expected to win.
Trump just flipped the NWO carrier/battleships on their back, they’re completely exposed, and it’s a party now, and it’s them, or us.
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