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poli3

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Sat Jul 14, 2018, 12:51 PM Jul 2018

US intelligence chief: 'The warning lights are blinking red again' on cyberattacks [View all]

Source: CNN

(CNN)Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats raised the alarm on growing cyberattack threats against the United States, saying the situation is at a "critical point" and coming out forcefully against Russia.

Coats compared the "warning signs" to those the United States faced ahead of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
"It was in the months prior to September 2001 when, according to then-CIA Director George Tenet, the system is blinking red. And here we are nearly two decades later, and I'm here to say, the warning lights are blinking red again," Coats said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/14/politics/director-of-national-intelligence-dan-coats-cyberattacks-russia/index.html



Remember, ignoring the 9/11 intel reports helped Bush and the GOP win the 2002 mid-terms, why not let Russia help out in 2018?
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