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A President Trump thought bubble about the U.S. and Russia collaborating on cybersecurity matters has been dismissed by National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers:
National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers on Saturday rebuffed the prospect for a U.S.-Russia cyber unit, a proposal which has been greeted with incredulity by several senior U.S. lawmakers and which President Donald Trump himself appeared to back down from after initially indicating interest.
U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election by hacking Democrats' emails and distributing online propaganda to help Trump win the election over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
[...] Asked whether it was a good idea to set up a cyber security cell with the Russians, Rogers told the annual Aspen Security Forum: "I'm not a policy guy here. .... I would argue now is probably not the best time to be doing this."
But there's more:
In unusually passionate and stark terms, the head of the nation's top spy agency made clear on Saturday in Colorado that he will stand up to anyone -- even the president of the United States -- who asks him to use the U.S. intelligence community as a political prop. "We are not about particular viewpoints. We are not about particular parties. We just can't work that way," National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers said at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado.
[...] Although Rogers has refused to publicly discuss his private conversations with Trump, he has previously vowed to keep politics out of his agency's work. But his remarks today at the annual gathering of senior officials, reporters and others tied to the U.S. intelligence community were noteworthy in their intensity and passion. Punctuating each word -- one by one -- the U.S. Navy admiral said, "I will not violate the oath that I have taken in the 36 years as a commission officer." Rogers' face hardened and his voice cracked as he added: "I won't do that."
(Score: 1, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday July 23 2017, @11:07PM (4 children)
Trump loves to troll. Everytime he releases an inane statement on Twitter or otherwise, it's as if he's saying "jump," and when he does the mainstream media says, "how high?"
Either way, he wins. When he tweets his fans get hyped and admire his bravery and honesty, as well as his spitting in the face of the status-quo. If he stops tweeting, that's less ammo for his detractors to use and they will have to go back to their tired phoney-baloney Muh Russia narrative instead of actually reporting on real news.
Remember, those yellow-journalist snake bastards were all saying that Trump was finished, and that 90% of Americans were going to vote for Hillary. They went all-in betting everything they had and lost spectacularly, and from that point there was nowhere else to go but down. Might as well make as much noise as possible while doing so. And good for them. The more shit they spout, the more they push more and more mainstream news consumers into independent media.
Thanks, fellas!
(Score: 2) by Lagg on Sunday July 23 2017, @11:31PM (3 children)
The way you guys stroke your dicks for Trump makes me think a different Trump besides the one I know got elected. This [pinimg.com] is the Trump I know. Real non-status quo and brave. But keep strokin'
http://lagg.me [lagg.me] 🗿
(Score: 2) by Lagg on Sunday July 23 2017, @11:49PM (2 children)
My god I'm tired of this site. I really don't know who's worse now. The cocksuckers who I can practically hear the slurping from, or the ones who think it's less shameful than the people begging for Obama to come back or the ones that call Clinton "madame president" on twitter.. You're all pathetic. And here I thought it was ambivalent trolling.
http://lagg.me [lagg.me] 🗿
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday July 23 2017, @11:54PM
Humans are stupid, retarded scum. Now that we've established that, I'm afraid there's nowhere better for you to go other than the underground.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday July 24 2017, @01:02AM
Sounds like you need a hug. AKA an "arm wall".
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