Rare joint statement from DOJ, DOS, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, & CISA re; election interference

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Andrew Desiderio ✔@AndrewDesiderio

Rare joint statement from DOJ, DOS, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, & CISA on foreign election interference ahead of Super Tuesday.





4:16 PM - Mar 2, 2020

Who hacked them? Doesn't sound a thing like Barr or Pompeo.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. Thanks for making it easy to read!

I couldn't read it in the tweet and twitter doesn't like me today, so couldn't even view the image.

[defacto7]

2. Private sector partners?

[Aaron Pereira]

3. Good catch.

I'm guessing they mean software/hardware providers for voting machines. That seems like a strange thing to include in their statement and a strong argument on it's face for hand tabulated paper ballots.

[Igel]

10. At least.

Might also be private cybersecurity firms. Remember that the DNC data used by the FBI was provided by the private sector.

[dugog55]

4. I am more worried about the "level of communication and coordination

of the federal government" with Russia. That is something which we cannot keep an eye out for, or have a role to play.

[central scrutinizer]

5. One day before Super Tuesday?

Too late for anyone to check their registration. Literally too little, too late. Smells like a “cover your ass” statement so they can blame the voter if he or she is unable to vote.

[Igel]

11. If you're registration's been hacked, or

... If you were purged, you cast a provisional ballot, have ID, and show that you live where you say you live.

They can't vote, they cast a ballot, and then their vote is validated and counted. Simple enough. It was that way in 2005 and 2006, it's still that way.

[central scrutinizer]

13. That's good

We vote by mail in Oregon and ballots come out a couple weeks before the election date. If you didn’t get a ballot, there’s plenty of time to fix it

[Mme. Defarge]

6. A rationale

for casting doubt on election results they consider unfavorable? Forgive my cynicism, but Lord help us.

[DFW]

8. My impression exactly. n/t

[stillcool]

7. thanks, but no thanks

stay the eff out of my state. Can't believe I just wrote that.

[LAS14]

9. I wonder if Trump knew this was coming. nt

[DFW]

12. This looks like a cleverly worded rationale for voter suppression to me.

"We encourage all voters going to the polls to check your voter registration and know ahead of time when to vote, where to vote, what's on your ballot, and whether or not your state requires identification."

OK, think of this, and put it aside for a second.

Then consider the following--the Republicans have been caught in many states sending out flyers or even stuffing mailboxes with erroneous information as to when to vote, where to vote, and what is or is not required. Keep in mind: ONLY REPUBLICANS ARE DOING THIS.

OK, now bring back that quote from the Trumpanzees: inform yourself, and follow instructions. We have sent our campaign workers all over your (Democratic-leaning) neighborhoods with false voting information. You are under no obligation to heed or believe them. Do so, and it's YOUR fault, and you don't get to vote. Sure, we stuffed your mailboxes with lies, but you were under NO OBLIGATION WHATSOVER to believe them. If you did, that's YOUR fault, and you don't get to vote.

That's how I read this, anyway. The same people who are telling us to drive carefully have cut the tubes that supply brake fluid to the brakes. After the accident, they will then tell us, "well, we DID warn you to drove carefully!"

[lindysalsagal]

14. The words are nice

but I just don't trust words, anymore.