FBI Director: Russia will work harder for next election

[Silver]

Russian hackers get US cyber defense details from NSA

Russian government-backed hackers in 2015 stole U.S. secrets on how to penetrate foreign computer networks and protect against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor put highly classified information on his home computer, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing unidentified sources.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/russian...m-nsa-wsj/

[Seraphina]

At the end of the day the fault lies with Americans.  The Russians new which states were hotly contested and targeted alt-right/pro trump/anti Hillary ads in those States.  I don't think a high percentage of people were swayed, but I do think it was a factor in states where the margin of victory was only in the low tens of thousands.  Some people were probably affected and don't even realize it.  You can bet the farm that the Russians ads were impeccably crafted towards the target audience.  Even if someone didn't see the ads directly, they probably saw them from someone who did a repost.

Honestly, I think all political ads from foreign sources should be banned.  Freedom of speech in our constitution should not extend to foreign governments.

I fault our abysmal education system. When you have people who aren't taught critical thinking skills from a young age, the end result is Donald J Trump as president.

I see that my kid is now being taught critical thinking skills in school thanks to Common Core standards - her 6th grade science teacher started the year by teaching about pseudo-science. But guess who said he wants to get rid of Common Core standards? Yep, Trump.

-Teresa

[Joods]

"Just impeach him"?

Have you forgotten which party holds all three branches?

There are republicans that don't like him either, and if we tell the nationalists that he's in Russia's pocket, I don't think it will be that hard to impeach the guy.

There's a process. Don't forget who would be taking his place. While that guy doesn't have twitter toddler temper tantrums, he's a religious nut job. Imagine what the next three years would look like this that buffoon in office.

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Russian hackers get US cyber defense details from NSA

Russian government-backed hackers in 2015 stole U.S. secrets on how to penetrate foreign computer networks and protect against cyberattacks after a National Security Agency contractor put highly classified information on his home computer, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing unidentified sources.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/russian...m-nsa-wsj/

Why are they not properly vetting contractors? jfc, how stupid does someone who works for the fucking National Security have to be to understand that you don't put HCI on your home fucking computer?? What a fucking moron.