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Judge Andrew Napolitano: Can the attorney general defend presidential obstruction? – Fox News

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Can the attorney general defend presidential obstruction?  Fox News

One should expect fireworks this week as Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Judiciary Committee of the Senate about the investigation and the …

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Wisconsin to recount US presidential election vote after hack concerns

The Wisconsin Elections Commission has decided to recount the votes in the state in the last U.S. presidential elections, after concerns were raised that the voting systems can be hacked.

The recount, which was requested by Jill Stein, candidate of the Green Party for the U.S. presidential election, and Rocky Roque De La Fuente, another candidate, is expected to begin late next week, the Elections Commission said.

“The Commission is preparing to move forward with a statewide recount of votes for President of the United States, as requested by these candidates,” administrator Michael Haas said in a statement Friday.

Citing the hack of the Democratic National Committee of the Democratic Party in the run-up to the election and reports of breaches of voter registration databases in at least two states, Stein in her petition for recount wrote that Wisconsin uses both the optical scan and direct-recording electronic types of electronic voting machines, which are both susceptible to compromise.

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Under the Din of the Presidential Race Lies a Once and Future Threat: Cyberwarfare – New York Times


New York Times

Under the Din of the Presidential Race Lies a Once and Future Threat: Cyberwarfare
New York Times
That is still a risk, of course — one that the Pentagon and its United States Cyber Command spend billions of dollars trying to deter. Yet America's main adversaries know those steps would constitute an act of war, most likely prompting an

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Under the Din of the Presidential Race Lies a Once and Future … – New York Times


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Under the Din of the Presidential Race Lies a Once and Future …
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A defining marker of the 2016 presidential race is that it is the first time a foreign power used cyberweapons to influence an election in the United States.

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