[Infowarrior] - POTUS walks back the 'Impenetrable Cybersecurity Unit' idea

[Richard Forno]

LOL.  Trial balloon floated and popped, all in the same day.  YCMTSU.    -- rick


Trump knocks down prospect of Russian-American cybersecurity unit

By Cyra Master - 07/09/17 09:01 PM EDT 15

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/341226-trump-knocks-down-prospect-of-russian-american-cybersecurity-unit

Fresh off a weekend meeting with world leaders, President Trump tweeted Sunday evening that he has low hopes for his proposed U.S.-Russia cyber security unit.

“The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn't mean I think it can happen. It can't-but a ceasefire can,& did!” Trump tweeted on Sunday about three hours after tweeting about a ceasefire in Syria.

In a surprise move coming out of the Group of 20 meetings in Germany, Trump shifted conversation to his proposed "Cyber Security unit," a joint operation with Russia focusing on cyber attacks.

U.S. and Russian officials indicated on Friday — after a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin — that the two countries would work together in a number of areas, including cybersecurity.

Trump tweeted earlier Sunday that he talked with Putin about forming an "impenetrable Cyber Security unit" to guard against issues such as election hacking.

That was met with mixed reaction, given the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia attempted to interfere with the 2016 presidential election to favor Trump – a conclusion the president has not said he 100 percent agrees with.

Social media users reacted quickly to Trump’s tweet knocking his own proposal.......

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