Make Russia Great Again

[Dill]

(02-26-2020, 06:19 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: But it's not like nothing has been done. The States have been given a lot of money to shore up any weaknesses in cyber security that they might have had. Not only that, but trying to punish someone like Russia for interfering, what a legal night mare. First you have to catch them, then get the right evidence, then find a way to prove it was authorized by Putin (or current leader of which ever country is in violation) and we all know they will all deny deny deny and not cooperate. You can't just flat out punish Russia with out knowing for sure that Putin was behind it, what if it was a rogue party of Chinese Nationals working in Russia? Which Country would you punish? Neither, cause both Russia and China would flat out deny their knowledge of what was happening.

It's like nothing has been done under Trump's leadership.  People have to work around and against him. He believes Putin over his own intel agencies, right? https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dhs-guts-task-forces-protecting-elections-from-foreign-meddling

Russia WAS caught. And then Obama FLAT OUT punished Russia, knowing that Putin was behind it.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/29/politics/russia-sanctions-announced-by-white-house/index.html

Trump thought it could have been China or a 400 Lb guy. No reason why Russia would back a Putin lover with no governing experience and plans to undo 70 years of US foreign policy. The guy who is responsible for protecting the nation doesn't want to admit the threat exists.

Congress had to sanction Russia over his objections.
https://www.salon.com/2019/12/20/trump-administration-opposes-grahams-russia-sanctions-bill-after-meeting-with-kremlin-official/

(02-26-2020, 06:19 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: We all know FB had a huge hand in doling out that mis-information from Russian Bots, should we punish them? Warren seems to have a plan to punish them and now the question is, is that a violation of our 1st? And how exactly does she plan to prove that they "knew" about the political postings and did nothing? Just more money being wasted by time spend in and out of court.

Punish?  Why not start instituting policies and procedures for making sure it won't happen again. You are having difficulty imagining that defense and prevention are even possible.