POTUS Donnie’s notion of a joint cyber crime unit is a failure from the start. There is no way Congress would allow such a thing and after months of ridiculing our Intelligence community, they too would step back.. Oh wait, nevermind, POTUS Donnie stepped away from the notion a few hours later – PB/TK
Trump backs off idea of “cyber security unit” with Russia – CBS News / July 10 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump appears to be backing away from the idea of working with Russia to create a “cyber security unit” to guard against election hacking.
Mr. Trump tweeted Sunday morning about discussing such a unit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Yet, it’s Russia that U.S. intelligence officials blame for meddling in last year’s election.
Widespread ridicule greeted Mr. Trump’s tweet. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina called it “pretty close” to the dumbest idea he’s ever heard.
A Democratic congressman, Adam Schiff of California, says expecting Russia to be a credible partner in any cybersecurity initiative “would be dangerously naive.” Schiff is the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. “If that’s our best election defense, we might as well just mail our ballot boxes to Moscow,” he said
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