In The News Today...

Quote: beachbumbabs

There was a report that this is a program that has gone on for years, that appropriate Congressional oversight had been happening, but that after Trump gave secret info to the Russians in the Oval Office in May 2017, and said he stood with Putin over US intelligence in Helsinki, and has had several unmonitored meetings with Putin, somebody (unnamed) decided he couldn't be trusted with Russian cyber ops intel.

I agree with them. He can't be trusted with that intel.

Quote: petroglyph

Then there is this: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-16/trump-excoriates-nyt-story-claiming-us-cyber-operation-against-russia-hidden-him

"So there it is - assuming the report has merit - essentially a major "clandestine military activity" is being run by US defense and intelligence commanders but while intentionally circumventing the White House's lawful civilian oversight? "

If the NYT story is true about our clandestine agency's planting malware in Russia's grid without the POTUS knowledge, that is criminal.

Beware in reaping what we sew.

Quote: terapined

I have to imagine every country on the planet has their military looking into and actively have plans regarding defending and attacking via the internet
Every country's military have probably hacked into all kinds of sites checking and researching a likely opponents security and testing their own securiyy
Just common sense

Quote: terapined

I have to imagine every country on the planet has their military looking into and actively have plans regarding defending and attacking via the internet.

Quote: beachbumbabs

There was a report that this is a program that has gone on for years, that appropriate Congressional oversight had been happening, but that after Trump gave secret info to the Russians in the Oval Office in May 2017, and said he stood with Putin over US intelligence in Helsinki, and has had several unmonitored meetings with Putin, somebody (unnamed) decided he couldn't be trusted with Russian cyber ops intel.

I agree with them. He can't be trusted with that intel.

But I also think the NYT should not have published that info. Supposedly they cleared the publication with US intel somehow before they did it. So I don't agree it was treason, as Trump claims. But it's not up to US intel to release info too classified to show the President, either.

I guess there's more to come, because what they did report, could not be verified today.

Quote: petroglyph

Are you still blaming the Russians for the Skripals ?

Quote: Fleastiff

Not surprisingly travel brochures express a different opinion.

Quote: terapined

A good vacation travel agent would never send somebody the Dominican Republic. Especially if this is the 1st time outside the country. So many wonderful safe developed islands to pick from. Dominican Republic is a very poor under developed country. Prices are probably real cheap compared to other islands. Maybe that's the big attraction.