Bolton pushing to eliminate White House cyber job
Source: Politico
President Donald Trumps national security team is weighing the elimination of the top White House cybersecurity job, multiple sources told POLITICO a move that would come as the nation faces growing digital threats from adversaries such as Russia and Iran.
John Bolton, Trumps hawkish new national security adviser, is leading the push to abolish the role of special assistant to the president and cybersecurity coordinator, currently held by the departing Rob Joyce, according to one current and two former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the discussions.
The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of deliberations about internal White House operations.
Cybersecurity experts and former National Security Council officials expressed alarm at the idea of eliminating the job, saying it would undo much of the progress the U.S. has made on cyber efforts and send the wrong message about U.S. priorities in the digital domain. The coordinator a post created at the beginning of the Obama administration leads a team of NSC staffers who manage federal cyber strategy on everything from election security to encryption policies to digital warfare.
Read more: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/05/09/bolton-white-house-cyber-czar-523430
Holy merde!
sandensea
(21,664 posts)He wants Putin and Bibi to tamper with our elections unencumbered.
Girard442
(6,084 posts)Pesky Cyber Security people would ask hard questions about those mysterious high bandwidth channels they're not allowed to touch or even talk about.
Amazing. So much more than meets the eye with this story.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)Volaris
(10,274 posts)And then someone, oh, let's say 'Iran' crashes the Internet and power gris on on the eastern seaboard, then they get their bone-headed war with Iran. And nobody can prove it WASNT Iran, so there you go.
The only correct answer regarding anything related to John Bolton is 'because John Bolton is an asshole, that's why.'
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,592 posts)Gotta get rid of all those things that might get in the way of his messing with our elections.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Every senator, member of the House, governor should be all over this.. and EVERYTHING else.. ??
Sorry.. dumb questions..
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)of cyber-security to comprehend what a treasonous disaster this is?
One doesn't have to understand aerodynamics to know that if a wing falls off your plane, you are going down,, quickly.. like, forget it...
I mean duh !!!
kimbutgar
(21,191 posts)This makes me even more outraged. The biggest threat we have now is cyber attacks from Russia and China and Bolton just wants to make it easier for Russia to steal our secrets. Why isnt the miltitary outraged?
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Spot on!
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)Does he have Russian contacts??
kimbutgar
(21,191 posts)I read it here on DU. Russian bolton in the search will give you the facts.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)I actually had known that, but boy had I forgotten it.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)from Russia and hackers everywhere, this ignorant old dinosaur wants to eliminate the cybersecurity experts. It's brilliant! What is his alternative... IBM Selectric typewriters, fountain pens, quill and ink?
Why doesn't Trump just put the key under the doormat and invite Putin in?
keithbvadu2
(36,910 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Trump's hands are far too big. Whoever photoshopped it tried to make them smaller than a normal human's, but Trump is so sub-human they're nowhere near scale.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,933 posts)Maybe it will mean more jobs in coal? Yeah, that's a stupid comment.
Almost as stupid as the Secretary of Fuckin' State eliminating cyber capabilities in the midst of a global Cyber World War.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,042 posts)fountainofyouth
(409 posts)Except they're doing it after 9/11.
pwb
(11,288 posts)We are going backwards. Cyber is destroying and dividing us more every day and we build ships and planes and bombs. We are fucked.
Mme. Defarge
(8,042 posts)that the administration might have confused cyber with saber, wondering why in the world should we be concerned about saber security?
erronis
(15,331 posts)It might be better to let them just re-brand the position as "Minister of Alternate Information (AI)". (Propaganda being too fraught with associations and New-Speak was already taken.
BumRushDaShow
(129,467 posts)and is running the show now.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)NBachers
(17,136 posts)kairos12
(12,872 posts)stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)It remains incomprehensible to me.
Mme. Defarge
(8,042 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,898 posts)like Bolton know nothing about computers and technology. It's a huge, huge problem.
Mme. Defarge
(8,042 posts)My take on it is more sinister. Alas.
dalton99a
(81,582 posts)DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)Anyone here on DU have a list of Russia panderings? It's time to coordinate with all progressives, Democrats, anti-gun groups, women's groups, etc. and plan a march to protect the Constitution from Russia and its US puppets.
Any takers?
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)librechik
(30,676 posts)one of his fondest wishes.