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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPeter King: Are ROGUE CIA persons behind a desk somewhere using this against the president-elect???
Theyre creating this uncertainty over the election. This is several days before the Electoral College, King said.
Though he remained unconvinced Russia was behind the hack, King supports a congressional probe into the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the attempted hacking of the Republican National Committee.
The controversial congressman questioned whether rogue intelligence operators were sources for articles published this month by The Washington Post and The New York Times on the hacking, which pointed to Russia and even Vladimir Putin himself as playing a key role in the cyber intrusions,
To suddenly have it appear in The Washington Post and The New York Times that the intelligence community ... has concluded this. Who? Who in the CIA? Is it [CIA Director] John Brennan? Is it some rogue person behind a desk somewhere? King asked. People in the intelligence community are using this against the president-elect of the United States, and that is disgraceful.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/peter-king-russia-hacking_us_5852eb3ee4b012849c0602c8
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Peter King: Are ROGUE CIA persons behind a desk somewhere using this against the president-elect??? (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Dec 2016
OP
Or they might be doing it because you and your colleagues have been sitting on it for months
CentralMass
Dec 2016
#3
Did these guys go rogue in October? Joint DHS and ODNI Election Security Statement...
pinboy3niner
Dec 2016
#9
LonePirate
(13,437 posts)1. What's good for the FBI is good for the CIA, yes?
Raster
(20,998 posts)2. You fucking traitorous bastard!
I cannot wait until tRump's ties to Russia AND his sketchy international business dealings come to light. Everyone of you Republican bastards that values your party and it's questionable ideology above country will be held accountable. Again, FUCK YOU!
<insert yellow smiley flipping off partisan rethuglican shit-for-brains>
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)6. Here is the smiley in case you ever need it again
world wide wally
(21,760 posts)8. I am thinking that they think "traitor is the new patriot"
Raster
(20,998 posts)11. What absolutely amazes me is how many so-called "patriots" are falling...
...for the tRump bullshit package hook, line and sinker. They seem to be just fine with revelations that RUSSIA, FUCKING RUSSIA is hacking into electoral infrastructure.
We need Zombie Raygun to come back and straighten his "children" out.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)3. Or they might be doing it because you and your colleagues have been sitting on it for months
Jean-Jacques Roussea
(475 posts)4. Rogue CIA agents would just release his tax returns
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)13. There are no tax returns to release...
Me.
(35,454 posts)5. Well We'll Never Know
Unless you Cons allow a complete and thorough investigation and if you think the story is fake what do you have to lose?
unblock
(52,489 posts)7. behind a desk? maybe even, dare i say, in a *chair*?? scandalous!!!
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)9. Did these guys go rogue in October? Joint DHS and ODNI Election Security Statement...
Friday, October 07, 2016
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, DC 20511
October 07, 2016
Joint Statement from the Department of Homeland Security
and Office of the Director of National Intelligence
on Election Security
The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscowthe Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there. We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.
Some states have also recently seen scanning and probing of their election-related systems, which in most cases originated from servers operated by a Russian company. However, we are not now in a position to attribute this activity to the Russian Government. The USIC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assess that it would be extremely difficult for someone, including a nation-state actor, to alter actual ballot counts or election results by cyber attack or intrusion. This assessment is based on the decentralized nature of our election system in this country and the number of protections state and local election officials have in place. States ensure that voting machines are not connected to the Internet, and there are numerous checks and balances as well as extensive oversight at multiple levels built into our election process.
Nevertheless, DHS continues to urge state and local election officials to be vigilant and seek cybersecurity assistance from DHS. A number of states have already done so. DHS is providing several services to state and local election officials to assist in their cybersecurity. These services include cyber hygiene scans of Internet-facing systems, risk and vulnerability assessments, information sharing about cyber incidents, and best practices for securing voter registration databases and addressing potential cyber threats. DHS has convened an Election Infrastructure Cybersecurity Working Group with experts across all levels of government to raise awareness of cybersecurity risks potentially affecting election infrastructure and the elections process. Secretary Johnson and DHS officials are working directly with the National Association of Secretaries of State to offer assistance, share information, and provide additional resources to state and local officials.
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/215-press-releases-2016/1423-joint-dhs-odni-election-security-statement
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON, DC 20511
October 07, 2016
Joint Statement from the Department of Homeland Security
and Office of the Director of National Intelligence
on Election Security
The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscowthe Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there. We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.
Some states have also recently seen scanning and probing of their election-related systems, which in most cases originated from servers operated by a Russian company. However, we are not now in a position to attribute this activity to the Russian Government. The USIC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) assess that it would be extremely difficult for someone, including a nation-state actor, to alter actual ballot counts or election results by cyber attack or intrusion. This assessment is based on the decentralized nature of our election system in this country and the number of protections state and local election officials have in place. States ensure that voting machines are not connected to the Internet, and there are numerous checks and balances as well as extensive oversight at multiple levels built into our election process.
Nevertheless, DHS continues to urge state and local election officials to be vigilant and seek cybersecurity assistance from DHS. A number of states have already done so. DHS is providing several services to state and local election officials to assist in their cybersecurity. These services include cyber hygiene scans of Internet-facing systems, risk and vulnerability assessments, information sharing about cyber incidents, and best practices for securing voter registration databases and addressing potential cyber threats. DHS has convened an Election Infrastructure Cybersecurity Working Group with experts across all levels of government to raise awareness of cybersecurity risks potentially affecting election infrastructure and the elections process. Secretary Johnson and DHS officials are working directly with the National Association of Secretaries of State to offer assistance, share information, and provide additional resources to state and local officials.
https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/215-press-releases-2016/1423-joint-dhs-odni-election-security-statement
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)10. The rogue intellegence personell isn't the one you are thinking about.
It was Comey you piece of shit.
spanone
(135,924 posts)12. hey pete, looks to me like a rogue FBI...you know, that comey guy who fucked with the election