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US Security Agencies Halt Coordinated Effort to Counter Russian Sabotage and Cyberattacks (yahoo.com)

(Sunday March 23, 2025 @12:34PM (EditorDavid) from the government-in-action dept.)


Reuters reported this week that several U.S. national security agencies "have [1]halted work on a coordinated effort to counter Russian sabotage , disinformation and cyberattacks..."

> The plan was led by the president's National Security Council (NSC) and involved at least seven national security agencies working with European allies to disrupt plots targeting Europe and the United States, seven former officials who participated in the working groups told Reuters... [S]ince Trump took office on January 20 much of the work has come to a standstill, according to eleven current and former officials, all of whom requested anonymity to discuss classified matters... Regular meetings between the National Security Council and European national security officials have gone unscheduled, and the NSC has also stopped formally coordinating efforts across U.S. agencies...

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> The FBI last month ended an effort to counter interference in U.S. elections by foreign adversaries including Russia and put on leave staff working on the issue at the Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Justice also disbanded a team that seized the assets of Russian oligarchs... Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Reuters the agency had placed on administrative leave personnel working on misinformation and disinformation on its election security team, without elaborating further.



[1] https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-us-suspends-efforts-counter-060549726.html


MAGA? (Score:4, Insightful)

by fuzzyfuzzyfungus ( 1223518 )

Is anyone else as puzzled as I am about how this is supposed to be serving American greatness?

Serious question here (Score:2)

by jrnvk ( 4197967 )

How successful were they?

What would a Russian asset do different? (Score:5, Insightful)

by sirket ( 60694 )

Seriously, what would a literal Russian asset do that's different from what Trump is doing?

It doesn't matter whether he's on their payroll, just an enthusiastic supporter, or a convenient idiot, tell me what he would be doing differently? Cozying up to Russia and parroting their propaganda, talking about removing sanctions, blaming Ukraine for a war Russia started, standing down our offensive AND defensive cybersecurity programs- it's like a bad joke. And for some reason half the country is still cheering him on- it boggles the mind.

Re: (Score:2)

by belthize ( 990217 )

Cause he's going to make Murica great again. What's there to understand, no more gays, no more immigrants, great jobs for everyone and we're gonna really stick it to the rest of the world. Plus we'll own Greenland.

Re: (Score:2)

by sirket ( 60694 )

Also- he has a bridge for sale...

yuri bezmenov was right (Score:3)

by etash ( 1907284 )

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOmXiapfCs8

The Russian asset is earning his bribes (Score:2)

by quonset ( 4839537 )

There is no legitimate reason for this to take place OTHER than the Russian asset in the White House appeasing his Russian master. None. This allows Russia to conduct unhindered attacks on our country and allies.

This is in conunction with the administration stopping any further investigation [1]of Russian war crimes [bbc.com], no longer [2]seizing assets of Russian oligarchs [apnews.com] who are under sanctions, and stopped funding a program to track down Ukrainian children [3]who were kidnapped by Russia [npr.org].

Anyone who doesn't believe Trump

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rzygdn8w2o

[2] https://apnews.com/article/russia-sanctions-trump-treasury-doj-bondi-85ccedf25d5146db74d83dce01c9958c

[3] https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5333328/trump-admin-cuts-funding-for-program-that-tracked-ukrainian-children-abducted-by-russia

Treason trials (Score:2)

by Berkyjay ( 1225604 )

So looking forward to the treason trials once sane people are voted back in charge.

U.S.S.A. (Score:1)

by zenlessyank ( 748553 )

United Soviet States of America.

Suck that Russian cock, Trump. Suck it well.

Once there was a little nerd who loved to read your mail,
And then yank back the i-access times to get hackers off his tail,
And once as he finished reading from the secretary's spool,
He wrote a rude rejection to her boyfriend (how uncool!)
And this as delivermail did work and he ran his backfstat,
He heard an awful crackling like rat fritters in hot fat,
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And the bio bug'll bring yours down too, ef you don't watch out!
And once they was a little flake who'd prowl through the uulog,
And when he went to his blit that night to play at being god,
The ops all heard him holler, and they to the console dashed,
But when they did a ps -ut they found the system crashed!
Oh, the wizards adb'd the dumps and did the system trace,
And worked on the file system 'til the disk head was hot paste,
But all they ever found was this: "panic: never doubt",
And the bio bug'll crash your box too, ef you don't watch out!
When the day is done and the moon comes out,
And you hear the printer whining and the rk's seems to count,
When the other desks are empty and their terminals glassy grey,
And the load is only 1.6 and you wonder if it'll stay,
You must mind the file protections and not snoop around,
Or the bio bug'll getcha and bring the system down!