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empedocles

(15,751 posts) Fri Oct 30, 2020, 11:32 AM Oct 2020

Following up on Rachel/Lawrence's very serious WARNINGS on 'ransom' threats against

hospitals/vote counts/etc. - designed to create distrust/reduce voter turnouts/ chaos on the Election. Putin heavily involved in this.

Rachel mentioned that the tech sectors were cooperating with US intelligence task forces to contain the problems.

My worries are that trump has installed his 'trumployalists first' hacks in key positions - they could warn trump/putin of containment plans.

Worse, putin may have planted spies, through trump, in key US agency positions.

Before the relentless news cycle overwhelms this - your thoughts?

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Following up on Rachel/Lawrence's very serious WARNINGS on 'ransom' threats against (Original Post) empedocles Oct 2020 OP

I don't think this is a worry. Ballots have paper trails soothsayer Oct 2020 #1

Didya watch Rachel? Lawrence remarked on how upset Rachel was, and the importance of the problems. empedocles Oct 2020 #2

We need to deal with Russia so they never even think about interfering with Mike 03 Oct 2020 #3

Rachel made the point strongly, this is not just about November 3, but about empedocles Oct 2020 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Baked Potato Oct 2020 #5

soothsayer

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1. I don't think this is a worry. Ballots have paper trails

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Fri Oct 30, 2020, 11:56 AM

Oct 2020

Too late to suppress turnout.

I think Russia’s mischief-making ability is limited at the moment.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

2. Didya watch Rachel? Lawrence remarked on how upset Rachel was, and the importance of the problems.

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 30, 2020, 12:00 PM

Oct 2020

Mike 03

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3. We need to deal with Russia so they never even think about interfering with

Reply to empedocles (Original post)

Fri Oct 30, 2020, 12:01 PM

Oct 2020

an election again. I don't understand why it's not an Act of War to attack another nation's election.

There's been something I've wanted to dig out of a book I read a couple of years ago. I think it's in Greg Miller's book The Apprentice but I'm not 100% sure, which is why I never posted it. But somewhere I read that when Obama was president our intelligence agencies installed some cybernetic programs in Russia's infrastructure, but they have never been used. I want to find the exact paragraph before I go further.

Did anybody else read The Apprentice by Greg Miller? Does what I'm saying ring a bell?

empedocles

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4. Rachel made the point strongly, this is not just about November 3, but about

Reply to Mike 03 (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 30, 2020, 12:11 PM

Oct 2020

generating among the populace, fear and distrust beyond the Election. Most immediately it would help trump, despite losing the vote, in claiming 'rigging' etc. and fighting to stay in the WH. In the bigger picture, even reliable institutions like hospitals could be paralyzed, creating still more fear/distrust/hopelessness.

Cyberwarfare is here to stay for the forseeable future.

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