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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday November 19 2020, @03:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the retribution-can-be-petty dept.

The Guardian has a story detailing the firing of Christopher Krebs, who served as the director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa)

President Trump made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday, saying Krebs "has been terminated" and that his recent statement defending the security of the election was "highly inaccurate".

CISA last week released a statement refuting claims of widespread voter fraud. "The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history," the statement read. "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised."

Krebs, is a former Microsoft executive, and was appointed by President Trump after allegations of Russian interference with the 2016 election.


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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @04:21PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @04:21PM (#1079253)

    Hundreds of sworn affidavits alleging problems countered by government affidavits saying no problems exist. Nothing to see here trust us.

    I have not seen democrats fighting the accuracy of the affidavits in the courts. I have seen a couple judges place more trust in the government's account.

    That is not debunked. That's trusting the government officials promising nothing is wrong when people are saying the government is doing something wrong.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @04:38PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @04:38PM (#1079273)

    Saying something is wrong is one thing. Actually providing evidence is quite another. Courts insist on evidence. Otherwise I could just claim in court that you murdered someone. Where is my evidence? My claim is the evidence. Would you really be comfortable with being convicted of murder on such "evidence"?

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @04:57PM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @04:57PM (#1079284)

      I don't think you understand what you are saying. Witnesses are evidence used in every case. It sounds like you are looking for some masked bandit [nypost.com] caught red handed with fraudulent ballots manning the vote count machine on video with a badge name.

      Let's put our thinking caps on. Without witnesses how do you prove election fraud? When observers and challengers are denied access to the count, how do you know what happened behind closed doors?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @05:28PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @05:28PM (#1079301)

        Except they were not.

        It's about the law and evidence.

        See here for actual information:
        https://electionlawblog.org/ [electionlawblog.org]

      • (Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday November 19 2020, @06:52PM

        by sjames (2882) on Thursday November 19 2020, @06:52PM (#1079349) Journal

        Let's look at the quality of the complaints. How about the one where it was claimed that poll watchers were kept out where later the attorney for the plaintiff sheepishly admitted that a non-zero number of poll watchers were present for the counting...

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @07:01PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @07:01PM (#1079356)

        Witnesses are evidence used in every case.

        Except I am not saying I witnessed anything. I am just claiming that you murdered someone. So, tell us: why did you murder that guy? I hope they give you the death penalty for it. It would serve you right.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @07:40PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @07:40PM (#1079384)

          Is this about Glenn Beck, again? Some people were saying that . . .

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @07:35PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2020, @07:35PM (#1079380)

      You're logic-leaping over INVESTIGATION.

      It doesn't go from suspicion to death penalty. You get evidence FROM an investigation, which fortunately some people will do based on reasonable suspicion.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by sjames on Thursday November 19 2020, @06:48PM

    by sjames (2882) on Thursday November 19 2020, @06:48PM (#1079346) Journal

    If I produce an affidavit claiming that the moon really is made of green cheese and that the craters are actually the result of moon mice, will you take it at it's word?