Perhaps not...but really really interesting nonetheless!

Quote:Last February (2016), a top Russian cyber official told a security conference in Moscow that Russia was working on new strategies for the “information arena” that would be equivalent to testing a nuclear bomb and would “allow us to talk to the Americans as equals.”

Andrey Krutskikh, a senior Kremlin adviser, made the startling comments at the Russian national information security forum, or “Infoforum 2016,” held Feb. 4 and 5. His remarks were transcribed by a Russian who attended the gathering and translated for me by an independent European cyber expert.

Krutskikh’s comments are important because they may help explain the radical strategic doctrine that underlies Russia’s hacking and attempted manipulation of the 2016 presidential campaign in America, as well as Russian political subversion in Europe. His title is “special representative of the president for international cooperation in the field of information security.”

According to notes of Krutskikh’s speech, he told his Russian audience: “You think we are living in 2016. No, we are living in 1948. And do you know why? Because in 1949, the Soviet Union had its first atomic bomb test. And if until that moment, the Soviet Union was trying to reach agreement with [President Harry] Truman to ban nuclear weapons, and the Americans were not taking us seriously, in 1949 everything changed and they started talking to us on an equal footing.”

Krutskikh continued, “I’m warning you: We are at the verge of having ‘something’ in the information arena, which will allow us to talk to the Americans as equals.”

Putin’s cyber adviser stressed to the Moscow audience the importance for Russia of having a strong hand in this new domain. If Russia is weak, he explained, “it must behave hypocritically and search for compromises. But once it becomes strong, it will dictate to the Western partners [the United States and its allies] from the position of power.”

Russia’s radical new strategy for information warfare

This is just getting pathetic at this point.

Tell how exactly did the Russians hack the votes total??

(03-21-2017 02:08 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  This is just getting pathetic at this point.

It's their Benghazi. Best bet is to just sit back and laugh at the desperation.

Nobody is laughing. Russia interfered in our election. Sad that only one side seems to care about that.

(03-21-2017 02:11 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(03-21-2017 02:08 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  This is just getting pathetic at this point.

It's their Benghazi. Best bet is to just sit back and laugh at the desperation.

The libs crying, whining, crying, whining, crying, whining is just f'n awesome.

(03-21-2017 02:13 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Nobody is laughing. Russia interfered in our election. Sad that only one side seems to care about that.

"At this point,.. what difference does it make?"---HRC

(03-21-2017 02:11 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(03-21-2017 02:08 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  This is just getting pathetic at this point.

It's their Benghazi. Best bet is to just sit back and laugh at the desperation.

except nobody died

(03-21-2017 02:13 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Nobody is laughing. Russia interfered in our election.

Yeah, by spreading the truth, those bastards.

I have a feeling the Russians have invented a new drinking game... take a shot of vodka every time Democrats mention "Russia" on live tv.

(03-21-2017 02:13 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(03-21-2017 02:11 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(03-21-2017 02:08 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  This is just getting pathetic at this point.

It's their Benghazi. Best bet is to just sit back and laugh at the desperation.

The libs crying, whining, crying, whining, crying, whining is just f'n awesome.

I've asked this time and time again, but you and others never seem to answer. Where exactly are we crying and or whining? We're merely stating facts in a calm and rational manner. Sorry.

(03-21-2017 02:13 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Nobody is laughing. Russia interfered in our election. Sad that only one side seems to care about that.

Has that been definitively proven yet?

(03-21-2017 02:13 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Nobody is laughing. Russia interfered in our election. Sad that only one side seems to care about that.

I'm going to try to keep this serious. What did Russia do to interfere in the election?

NOOOOO! INFORMED VOTERS! WE CAN'T HAVE IT!

(03-21-2017 02:21 PM)GrayBeard Wrote:  

(03-21-2017 02:13 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Nobody is laughing. Russia interfered in our election. Sad that only one side seems to care about that.

I'm going to try to keep this serious. What did Russia do to interfere in the election?

Unlike our mainstream medio, they told only one side of the story.

(03-21-2017 02:13 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Nobody is laughing. Russia interfered in our election. Sad that only one side seems to care about that.

How did they do that? Did you care about the 80 times the USA has meddled in other nations' elections? This happens, period. The Dems were stupid and careless.

(03-21-2017 02:20 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  I have a feeling the Russians have invented a new drinking game... take a shot of vodka every time Democrats mention "Russia" on live tv.

The Russkies don't need a game to get drunk. LOL

(03-21-2017 02:20 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  

(03-21-2017 02:13 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Nobody is laughing. Russia interfered in our election. Sad that only one side seems to care about that.

Has that been definitively proven yet?

I believe Comey testified that they had yesterday in his testimony. And all the other intelligence agencies are also saying that they believe it was Russia. I'm not sure if you can ever say definitively when it comes to hacking.

What is not known is whether Trump or his campaign had anything to do with it.

(03-21-2017 02:13 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Nobody is laughing. Russia interfered in our election. Sad that only one side seems to care about that.

Sorry that I have a problem with calling the exposure of the corruption and underhanded tactics that the DNC was willingly using as interference.

(03-21-2017 02:23 PM)MonarchManiac Wrote:  NOOOOO! INFORMED VOTERS! WE CAN'T HAVE IT!

The only reason you were "informed" is because Russia stole information. How that does not bother every American I'll never know.