Donald
Trump’s Statement after Intelligence Briefing on Hacking, by Kevin Hagen,
1/6/17, NY Times
President-elect Donald J. Trump met with
intelligence agencies on Friday to be briefed
on cyberattacks against the United States. Following the meeting, his staff
released the following statement:
“I
had a constructive meeting and conversation with the leaders of the
Intelligence Community this afternoon. I have tremendous respect for the work
and service done by the men and women of this community to our great nation.
“While
Russia, China, other countries, outside groups and people are consistently
trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental
institutions, businesses and organizations including the Democrat National
Committee, there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election
including the fact that there was no tampering whatsoever with voting machines.
There were attempts to hack the Republican National Committee, but the RNC had
strong hacking defenses and the hackers were unsuccessful.
“Whether
it is our government, organizations, associations or businesses we need to
aggressively combat and stop cyberattacks. I will appoint a team to give me a
plan within 90 days of taking office. The methods, tools and tactics we use to
keep America safe should not be a public discussion that will benefit those who
seek to do us harm. Two weeks from today I will take the oath of office and
America’s safety and security will be my number one priority.”
Comments
Trump is
again showing good judgement in his response to the hue and cry for retaliation
in response to “Russian hacking” from the Obama administration’s Intelligence
agency heads. His response was spot-on.
Immediate retaliation is not warranted or wise.
There is ample evidence that the conclusions drawn by Obama’s
intelligence agencies have been colored by their political narratives. We would
be hypocritical to overreact to Russia after the US government wreaked total
havoc on Arab countries when Obama encouraged regime change.
It does
appear that Trump and Putin both reject globalism. They are “nationalists”
whose first priority is the continuation of their own countries. I expect blowback from the globalists in our
own government to continue. Our own globalists are embedded in our government
through decades of involvement in the Council on Foreign Relations and a myriad
of other groups and programs. We can no
longer afford to donate large sums of tax money to improving the rest of the world,
so priorities must be established.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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