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6 января 2017 Трамп прослушал брифинг руководителей разведки о российском вмешательстве в выборы, включая разговор тет-а-тет с директором ФБР Коми о досье Стила. Несмотря на предосторожности Коми, он начинает подозревать, что ФБР пытается его шантажировать.

After receiving a two-page summary of the contents of the Steele dossier — a collection of memos by former intelligence officer Christopher Steele that alleges a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government — and sitting through a briefing about Russia, the then-President-elect reacted by believing he was getting blackmailed by then-FBI Director James Comey. "It's a shakedown," Trump reportedly said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/book-trump-wanted-papadopoulos-set-meeting-putin-article-1.3872264

На следующее утро Трамп идет в свой верный Твиттер и предлагает своим поклонникам альтернативное объяснение своей привязанности к Путину:

Having a good relationship with Russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only "stupid" people, or fools, would think that it is bad! We.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2017

have enough problems around the world without yet another one. When I am President, Russia will respect us far more than they do now and....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2017

both countries will, perhaps, work together to solve some of the many great and pressing problems and issues of the WORLD!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 7, 2017

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Защита инфрастуктуры

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Комиссия Сената по разведке закончила первую стадию своего расследования рекомендациями по укреплению избирательной инфраструктуры от хакерских атаки - тема, важная в предверии выборов в Конгресс 2018.

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has examined evidence of Russian attempts to target election infrastructure during the 2016 U.S. elections. The Committee has reviewed the steps state and local election officials take to ensure the integrity of our elections and agrees that U.S. election infrastructure is fundamentally resilient. The Department of Homeland Security, the Election Assistance Commission, state and local governments, and other groups have already taken beneficial steps toward addressing the vulnerabilities exposed during the 2016 election cycle, including some of the measures listed below, but more needs to be done. The Committee recommends the following steps to better defend against a hostile nation-state who may seek to undermine our democracy:
https://www.burr.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/One-Pager%20Recs%20FINAL%20VERSION%203-20.pdf

Сенаторы донесли свои рекомендации до Министерства нацбезопасности на вчерашних слушаниях:
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/hearings/open-hearing-election-security

Не остановившись на этом, они обновили законопроект Secure Elections Act.

“During the 2016 election, Russian entities hacked presidential campaign accounts, launched cyber-attacks against at least 21 state election systems, and attacked a US voting systems software company. This revised Secure Elections Act adequately helps the states prepare our election infrastructure for the possibility of interference from not just Russia, but possibly another adversary like Iran or North Korea or a hacktivist group. Although funding for election security is included in the Omnibus appropriations bill, Congress still must pass the Secure Elections Act in order to put needed election improvements into law.”
https://www.lankford.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senators-introduce-revised-secure-elections-act-with-burr-warners-support

Учитывая, что законопроект совместно выдвинут четырьмя республиканцами и четырьмя демократами, у него неплохие шансы.

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