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“There are No Coincidences” — only an incessant drum beat of America Patriots, trying to get through to the Mad Tweeter ...
But National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command chief Adm. Michael Rogers told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday there is only so much he can do. That is because, according to Rogers, President Trump has not ordered him to go after the Russian attacks at their origin.
[...] he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin has reached a conclusion: There is little price to pay for his actions and they can therefore continue.
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"Yes, sir," Rogers replied. "I believe they're attempting to undermine our institutions."
Without going into details, he said he has directed the Cyber Command's Cyber Mission Force "to begin some specific work" in response to Russia's interference in U.S. elections.
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Then there was this stunning observation from a former NSA Director —
that there may be ‘more to these Coincidences’ than meets the eye:
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In an interview with Politico published Tuesday, retired general and former head of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the CIA Michael Hayden says that, in his view, there is enough publicly available evidence to conclude that there is a "convergence" of interest between Trump and the Kremlin.
“There is an eerie and uncomfortable echo between some of the things the president tweets, the different points of emphasis on Fox News, the thematic stories in the alt-right media, and Russian bots,” Hayden said.
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"I don’t have to create collusion here. Each for their own purposes are well served by creating deeper divisions within American society," Hayden contended. "The president, to play to his base; Fox News, for ratings; the alt-right, because they have a conspiratorial view of everything; and the Russians, to mess with our heads.”
Meanwhile the Mad Tweeter keeps trying to taint his own “jury pool” — by once again “feigning innocence” in the most conniving way. As if — anyone was asking for his “thoughts” on the Mueller Investigation, anyways — instead of the pending Russian Attacks on the 2018 Election … Wash, Rinse, Repeat … “No Collusion” ...
As those in the NSA-know continue to warn America, that the 2016 Russian Cyber-attacks on our system of Democracy — have only just begun …
STATEMENT OF ADMIRAL MICHAEL S. ROGERS
COMMANDER UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND
BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
27 FEBRUARY 2018
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Russia represents a different sort of problem in cyberspace. The Intelligence Community concluded last year that Russian actors, with the knowledge of senior decision-makers, employed influence operations to interfere with the U.S. presidential election in 2016. In recent months, Congress has heard testimony from leading social-media companies explaining that their business records had logged an even wider pattern of Russian cyber meddling before the election — one that matched malicious cyber activities seen by several other nations. The Kremlin has used hackers to steal personal communications that Russian operatives then parceled out in targeted leaks, and created fake social media personas and news items on all sides of controversial issues in the hope of stirring discord in the West. The idea is to make Western electorates distrust all news outlets and ultimately one another. This threatens the foundations of democracy, making it difficult to discern Moscow’s intentions and to craft common measures for countering Russia’s aggressive actions in its near-abroad and its repression at home.
Russian-sponsored malicious cyber activities of concern to the United States and its allies extend well beyond the behavior cited above. Russian intelligence agencies run their own cyber theft campaigns — witness last November’s plea bargain of a foreign hacker who admitted to working on behalf of one of Moscow’s intelligence services, wherein he hacked the webmail accounts of individuals of interest to Russia and sold their passwords to his Russian handlers.
We are monitoring the cyber conflict sparked by the ongoing Russian-manufactured conflict in Ukraine. Secretary Mattis in Kyiv noted that Russia is not adhering to the letter or the spirit of its treaty commitments, most egregiously by attempting to change international borders by force. This behavior in geographic space matches Russian cyberspace behavior; Russia’s cyber actions seem designed to complement and support its aggressive actions on the ground. While we cannot discuss the details in open session, I would draw your attention to the spate of very serious cyber attacks against Ukrainian citizens and infrastructure over the last 16 months.
For instance, the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) of the Department of Homeland Security issued an alert in July to public utilities concerning a new malware that targeted electrical grids in Ukraine the previous winter. The most costly cyberattack in history, NotPetya, was launched by the Russian military last June. NotPetya encrypted and essentially ruined hard drives on thousands of Ukrainian computers. This cyber attack quickly spread well beyond Ukraine, causing billions of dollars in damages to businesses across Europe and as far away as the United States.
Most states lack the suite of diplomatic, military, and economic tools employed by Russia and China, but rogue regimes nonetheless cause concern because of their aggressive unpredictability in cyberspace. [...]
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Meanwhile “the man-child who cried ‘No Collusion’ 3 times” — contemplates his next response …
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