Pentagon Keeps Trump in the Dark About its Cyber Attacks on Russia

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Pentagon Keeps Trump in the Dark About its Cyber Attacks on Russia — Peter Wade

Go rogue much?

“Two administration officials said they believed Mr. Trump had not been briefed in any detail about the steps to place ‘implants’ — software code that can be used for surveillance or attack — inside the Russian grid.

“Pentagon and intelligence officials described broad hesitation to go into detail with Mr. Trump about operations against Russia for concern over his reaction — and the possibility that he might countermand it or discuss it with foreign officials, as he did in 2017 when he mentioned a sensitive operation in Syria to the Russian foreign minister.”

Going rogue goes back to the OSS, the precursor of the CIA. OSS station chief Allen Dulles, later first CIA director, was undertaking operations that he hid from FDR during WWII, acting against the president's wishes. He is considered one of the originators of the US "deep state."

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The Times' story said that the Trump administration had deployed new cybertools to target Russia's electric power grid.

It also said administration officials had been reluctant to share certain details with Trump, because they were concerned about his reaction and whether he might discuss it with foreign officials.

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In remarks to senior Navy leaders, Richardson noted that the American fleet has been blaming provocations at sea on outsiders since Yankee sailors dressed up like Indians at the Boston Tea Party in 1773.

“Even before we had declared independence,” he noted, “we were already doing our best to pretend other people started our first war.” Richardson also noted half a dozen times that such operations would help the Navy during “great power competition” and in the “high end fight,” as official Navy guidance on speeches given by senior officers require.…