NSA Chief Mike Rogers Is Not Here for Trump and Putin's 'Impenetrable Cyber Security Unit'President Donald Trump, whose recent uses of the internet have included hinting he might just pardon himself and everyone else in his administration if federal investigators keep digging into his alleged ties to Russian hackers, probably will not like NSA Director Mike Roger’s thoughts on his plan to ally with those Russian hackers to secure the internet. Earlier this month, Trump was relentlessly mocked by pretty much everyone for tweeting he and Russian president Vladimir Putin had discussed forming an “impenetrable Cyber Security unit” to prevent “election hacking, & many other negative things.” The blowback to his ridiculous proposal was so intense it achieved that rarest of Trump self- owns: A tweet walking back his prior tweet. On Saturday at the Aspen Security Forum, Rogers barely even put up the effort to be polite about the idea, Reuters reported.“I’m not a policy guy here,” Rogers said. Treasure Seekers 3 Follow The Ghosts Walkthrough For SkyrimLast Updated 14 September 2017 Currently 1,522 Titles PRIORY OF SION BIBLIOGRAPHY ‘Children of The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail’ Paul Smith. I would argue now is probably not the best time to be doing this.”Some kind of cyber- security unit might be “something that you might want to build over time were we to see changes in (Russia’s) behavior,” Rogers added, which is a somewhat diplomatic way of saying yeah, no. While Rogers was a Barack Obama appointee, patience with his performance apparently ran thin near the end of Obama’s second term. He managed to save himself from the axe by traveling to Trump Tower in December 2. Washington Post described as a “move apparently unprecedented for a military officer.”Rogers has reportedly been trying to convince the president Russia is a threat, though distanced himself from a report Trump asked him and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to publicly disavow rumors of Russian involvement in the election. Even though Trump’s dumb idea to give Russia more access to U. S. cybersecurity secrets has now been trashed by everyone, remember that nothing matters anymore. Russian officials still insist negotiations to form the unit are ongoing.[Reuters]. ![]() Trump Accuses Comey of Perjury While Dodging Questions About Secret Tapes He Probably Made Up. At a White House press conference today, President Trump accused former FBI director James Comey of perjuring himself before the US Senate—a very serious charge—and further advanced the ridiculous charade that he can prove it all with secret “tapes” which almost certainly do not exist. After managing to stop tweeting for an entire day (hallelujah), the president let loose on Friday, accusing Comey of making “false statements and lies” while testifying under oath. On Twitter, Trump went so far as to declare “total and complete vindication” even though Comey explicitly stated the president leaned on him to end the investigation into his pal Michael Flynn. Trump previously characterized the FBI as being in a state of utter disarray under Comey, one of the several pretexts the president used to explain Comey’s firing before publicly admitting that what he really wanted was for that whole Russia thing to go away. Those were lies, plain and simple,” Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee. Asked about the “tapes” he most likely invented on Friday, Trump told reporters, “I’ll tell you about that sometime in the near future.” That future may be sooner than he expected: Having accused Comey of perjury, the Senate Intelligence Committee is now demanding that the president hand over the “tapes” by June 2. So he has two weeks. In the wake of Comey’s testimony and Trump’s rebuttal, the American public has been left with the difficult decision. Should they believe the G- man who once threatened to quit his job as a US attorney on principle and whose former employees can’t find anything bad to say about him? Or the former casino owner who paid $2. Tough call. Meanwhile, seven of Trump’s current and former aides, including son- in- law Jared Kushner, are currently being scrutinized by a special counsel over their contacts with the Russian government. A special counsel that was only necessary because Trump’s attorney general suspiciously omitted his own exchanges with a Russian envoy during his Senate confirmation hearings. Maybe Merriam- Webster can just tweet the definition of “vindication” so the president can learn to use it properly. Correction: They already have.
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