“Frankly, the United States is under attack.”State Dept. Was Granted $120 Million to Fight Russian Meddling. It Has Spent $0.
Adm. Michael Rogers, who leads US Cyber Command, told lawmakers on Tuesday that Trump has yet to direct him to strike Russia’s cyber operations where they start. That means Russian President Vladimir Putin — who directed the campaign to disrupt the last US presidential election — has yet to see any serious repercussions for his country’s actions.
Worse, there are almost no substantive measures in place to prevent Russia from meddling in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections.
the State Department had provided $1.3 billion in assistance in 2017 to strengthen European resilience to Russian meddling. But that money was largely obligated during the Obama administration, and the Trump administration has proposed slashing that assistance by more than half for the coming year, to $527 million, and to $491 million for the next year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/...partment-russia-global-engagement-center.html
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/1/17062036/trump-russia-midterm-election-2018
Adm. Michael Rogers, who leads US Cyber Command, told lawmakers on Tuesday that Trump has yet to direct him to strike Russia’s cyber operations where they start. That means Russian President Vladimir Putin — who directed the campaign to disrupt the last US presidential election — has yet to see any serious repercussions for his country’s actions.
Worse, there are almost no substantive measures in place to prevent Russia from meddling in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections.
the State Department had provided $1.3 billion in assistance in 2017 to strengthen European resilience to Russian meddling. But that money was largely obligated during the Obama administration, and the Trump administration has proposed slashing that assistance by more than half for the coming year, to $527 million, and to $491 million for the next year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/...partment-russia-global-engagement-center.html
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/1/17062036/trump-russia-midterm-election-2018
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