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Obama cyber chief confirms 'stand down' order against Russian cyberattacks in summer 2016
Yahooooooooooooo! News ^ | June 20, 2018 | Michael Isikoff

Posted on 06/20/2018 4:57:09 PM PDT by Yo-Yo

WASHINGTON — The Obama White House’s chief cyber official testified Wednesday that proposals he was developing to counter Russia’s attack on the U.S. presidential election were put on a “back burner” after he was ordered to “stand down” his efforts in the summer of 2016.

The comments by Michael Daniel, who served as White House “cyber security coordinator” between 2012 and January of last year, provided his first public confirmation of a much-discussed passage in the book, “Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump,” co-written by this reporter and David Corn, that detailed his thwarted efforts to respond to the Russian attack.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cyberattacks; daniel; davidcorn; isikoff; michaeldaniel; mikedaniel; obama; russia; susanrice
The truth will out, eventually.
1 posted on 06/20/2018 4:57:10 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: Yo-Yo

Obama also wrapped the Illegal Kids in foil to keep the juices in when he cooked them


2 posted on 06/20/2018 4:59:58 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Yo-Yo

Obama’s Dereliction of Duty. Punishable.


3 posted on 06/20/2018 5:00:16 PM PDT by Don Corleone (Horse heads work!)
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It sounds more like Obama had a plan during the election season—keep the Russians around so he could use them to compromise Trump in some way? If the CIA had infiltrated the Russian network they could cause quite a bit of mischief—and create leverage with both Presidential candidates.

Now that is what I would call “Made in America” election meddling.


4 posted on 06/20/2018 5:23:08 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: cgbg
It sounds more like Obama had a plan during the election season—keep the Russians around so he could use them to compromise Trump in some way? If the CIA had infiltrated the Russian network they could cause quite a bit of mischief—and create leverage with both Presidential candidates.

That's assuming the Russian "network" could have some effect on the election.

Maybe he just figured this was the same stuff we do in their elections - marginal meddling that wouldn't change anything.

5 posted on 06/20/2018 5:31:16 PM PDT by x
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To: Yo-Yo

I believe that at the very least, Obama was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. He brought them into our government, and I think he coordinated with them to cause our nation’s interests harm.


6 posted on 06/20/2018 5:39:21 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: DoughtyOne

bttt


7 posted on 06/20/2018 5:40:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks Ben.

Some of this stuff needs to be said, even if it has been known for some time.


8 posted on 06/20/2018 5:42:19 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: cgbg
It sounds more like Obama had a plan during the election season—keep the Russians around so he could use them to compromise Trump in some way?...

Obama and the Russians were playing for Team Hillary. The had lots of kompromat on her. Uranium One, plus Clinton Foundation dirt, plus God knows what.

The whole Mueller probe is nothing but a red herring to keep this hidden.

The Russians never wanted DJT. This is why Bammy ordered hands off.

9 posted on 06/20/2018 5:48:37 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: butlerweave

LOL 8>)


10 posted on 06/20/2018 5:58:45 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Yo-Yo

Interesting. I wonder what else he knows


11 posted on 06/20/2018 6:20:11 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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That Stzrok is a Russian agent? Damn sure looks like one.


12 posted on 06/20/2018 6:24:51 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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Didn’t want anything to get in the way of a good Trump campaign set up, and appearance of collusion with Russia!


13 posted on 06/20/2018 6:26:07 PM PDT by GeorgeWashington1777
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Michael Isikoff @Isikoff: Chief investigative correspondent, Yahoo News, and co-author with David Corn of Russian Roulette. Reachable at misikoff@oath.com

Why is Isikoff revealing this now?

How long has he known about this?

Is Isikoff trying to cover his ass?

Did you know Isikoff was involved with Christopher Steele, Glenn Simpson, and Fusion GPS?

"Michael Isikoff describes crucial meeting cited in Nunes memo"

“One reason that kind of stuns me is obviously is the information I got from Christopher Steele was information that the FBI already had,” Isikoff said.

Isikoff said he was introduced to Steele by Glenn Simpson, the former journalist who founded the research firm, Fusion GPS, who invited him to meet a “secret source” at a Washington restaurant.

“Glenn had booked a private room upstairs so that no one would see us,” Isikoff recalled. “During the hour or so we talked that day, Steele tells me an amazing story — how one of Donald Trump’s foreign policy advisers, Carter Page, had flown to Moscow and had private talks with close associates of Vladimir Putin about lifting U.S. sanctions against Russia.”

“And Steele tells me something else that day that gets my attention: He’s taken this information to the FBI and the bureau is very interested,” Isikoff continued. “Why were they interested? What did the bureau know that would prompt them to take the extraordinary step to launch an investigation into an adviser of the Republican nominee for president?”

Michael Isikoff describes crucial meeting cited in Nunes memo

14 posted on 06/20/2018 7:09:07 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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WOW.... if true, this supports a much greater pattern of Obama behavior. It will come out that Obama was a double agent. He worked for the CIA right out of college. He was groomed.


15 posted on 06/20/2018 11:50:38 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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WOW.... if true, this supports a much greater pattern of Obama behavior. It will come out that Obama was a double agent. He worked for the CIA right out of college. He was groomed.


16 posted on 06/20/2018 11:50:39 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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Obama was/is a TRAITOR! ...PUT HIM IN PRISON WHERE HE BELONGS!!!


17 posted on 06/21/2018 5:34:24 AM PDT by high info voter (Liberal leftists would have "un-friended" Paul Revere!)
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To: cgbg

Obama knew they weren’t Russians, he knew that it was the CIA.


18 posted on 06/21/2018 3:36:02 PM PDT by Garvin (Always remember folks, kill a commie for mommy ~ Semper Fi, Mac!)
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To: Yo-Yo

Bump.


19 posted on 06/22/2018 12:30:23 AM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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