“Obama and advisers were concerned any pre-election response could trigger escalation from Putin or be interpreted as motivated on behalf of Clinton.” More …
Stunning Intelligence: Putin’s Hackers Instructed to Damage Clinton, Help Elect Trump
“U.S. intelligence agencies had sourcing deep inside the Russian government capturing Vladimir Putin’s direct instructions to damage Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning and help elect Donald Trump.” More …
Russian Hackers Targeted Dallas County Servers Before Presidential Election
“Russian hackers took aim at Dallas County’s Web servers, possibly trying to access voter registration rolls, before the November presidential election, officials said … ” More …
Election Hackers Altered Voter Rolls, Stole Private Data, Officials Say
“The hacking of state and local election databases in 2016 was more extensive than previously reported, including at least one successful attempt to alter voter information, and the theft of thousands of voter records that contain private information like partial Social Security numbers, current and former officials tell TIME.” More …
Trump Chooses Family Wedding Planner to run HUD – N.Y. Housing Programs
“Now President Trump has appointed longtime loyalist Lynne Patton — who has zero housing experience and claims a law degree the school says she never earned — to run the office that oversees federal housing programs in New York.” More …
Senate Trumpcare Bill Is As Mean As the House Version
“The Senate version of the American Health Care Act (Trumpcare) is supposed to be unveiled Thursday morning, but Paige Cunningham has obtained most of the relevant details. In sum, while it seemed for a time the Senate might gesture to the center, at least a bit, its bill is about as draconian as the House version.” More …
Betsy DeVos Picked a Student Loan CEO to Run the Student Loan System
“When the Trump administration announced its pick to run the $1.3 trillion federal student loan system on Tuesday, there was one notable thing about the candidate that wasn’t mentioned in the press release: He’s the CEO of a private student loan company.” More …
Ex-Homeland Security Chief Jeh Johnson: DNC and State Officials Dismissed Russia Warnings Last Year
“Former President Barack Obama’s secretary of homeland security says that his efforts to protect the country from Russian cyberattacks last year were twice rebuffed — first by the Democratic National Committee and then later by state election officials who feared he was plotting an unwarranted ‘federal takeover’ of the U.S. election system.” More …
Putin’s Fake Video Used in Oliver’s Stone Showtime Interviews
“The Kremlin has denied widespread allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin showed U.S. director Oliver Stone a fake video of Russian airstrikes in Syria… a Russian video published Tuesday pointed out strong similarities between the clip Putin played and footage from 2013 of a U.S. Apache helicopter firing at militants in Afghanistan.” More …
Michael Flynn Worked with Foreign Cyberweapons Group That Sold Spyware Used Against Political Dissidents
“While serving as a top campaign adviser to Donald Trump, Flynn worked with firms linked to NSO Group — which develops spyware and sells it to governments.” More …