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    I view it through the Russian agenda as a whole over the last 70 years. They've been running info ops the whole time trying to mess with and subvert our existence. New medium for the same means, in this case. That's why I view the admin trying to twist the policy for cyber effects of critical infrastructure to cover a political party as baloney. They're not actually the government, as with the OPM or JCS, so I don't think we should be employing response measures in their name over a domain where no one is sure what constitutes an act of war and where cyber turns to armed conflict. This response is just the DNC being embarrassed, in my view; they lost the election by pushing a poor candidate, poor assessment of the political landscape, and and a poor campaign strategy wrt gaining electoral college votes. Getting into a voting system and actually changing votes? Now you've got my ear about critical infrastructure. Affecting power systems, as I alluded to earlier, yes that's the intent of the cyber policy posturing, I'd say. I don't disagree that there are concerns with the cyber domain, but we should think carefully about employing measures with a cyber peer. These things are worth our time and effort. I like where you're going with capabilities/policy development.
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    In the context of my position sts that we should not be taking steps putting us closer to conflict just because the DNC is embarrassed that their dirty laundry has been aired, yes, I do equate those things.
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    Interesting piece, although a conclusion is never really presented. Quirks of negotiations with Putin https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/12/26/vladimir-lets-make-a-deal/
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    I'm a Dem, but nice try. And Americans observing the level of corruption within the DNC should probably be turning over that information to American journalists. The foreign influence in the Clinton Foundation, the intentional tanking of Sanders' campaign, etc. Those things should not be part of our political process. Let's fix that stuff. Snowden: don't tell me that you equate stealing/releasing classified information with uncovering political underhandedness committed by some cronies. Not the same.
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    Nonsense, now you're just arguing an obtuse position. That's like saying we should never have have had the Watergate tapes. This is exactly the kind of corruption bullshit that journalists are supposed to be exposing, instead of jerking off about tweets and hollow one-liners. They're supposed to develop contacts, get a whiff of something foul, prod for someone they know who has knowledge of it and doesn't like what's going on, then expose it. In this election, the DNC was more threat to our national sovereignty than any foreign state, so no, I would rather not take steps towards conflict about it. Let's save these "red lines" for things that are actual problems. Edit: Like hacking part of our grid with spearphishing, maybe.
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    No, but when you're making decisions that could push us closer to conflict with Russia about some DNC shenanigans that should have been unearthed by an investigative journalist worth their salt, it seems warranted to provide some real justification.
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    His claim was that it provided some new insight that proves the nation is more diverse than we think. I claim it only shows the same as all the other voting maps: big cities are blue strongholds, everywhere else is generally red.
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    I think it shows just the opposite. All of the blue are in high population concentrations, whereas the red are in less populated areas, just as in all the other depictions.
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    Yep. Most airliners already have ranges in the realm of 7.5k nm, or 8.5knm for your 777-200LR. There are very few routes that would need this; for those that could use it, the cost to implement alone would probably kill the slim profit margins, let alone any hiccups like rendezvous timing etc.
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    Still the reigning champion:
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    Similar vein:
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    Classically liberal and the current "liberal" ideology are not the same, for sure.
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    Of course the Russians don't deny it; it benefits them, in their mind, to claim it either way. Just like when the Taliban claims random things in Afghanistan, it furthers their cause.
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    Pretty sure they've been messing/attempting to mess with our election process in some way shape or form since at least '48. Seriously, like they weren't trying to subvert the process in their favor during the Cold War? And not once in that time did the candidate they found more favorable win (although probably not at all related to their efforts)? Bullshit. Nothing new; correlation is not causation.
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    Interesting approach to interview: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/landing-airplane-john-glenn-copilot/
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    Nice try OSI
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    Could've been VM.
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    Hmm, weird. When will Soros go away already?
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    That's what I read, which sounded wrong, so I tried to keep my jump to conclusions mat put away. I am curious, though.
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    The Air Force is also subject to a bunch of stupid government contracting restrictions that Delta is not. Having to award so many contracts to small business or minority owned companies etc, instead of finding the best company to do the job and being able to actually hold them accountable.
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    Put that deep learning algorithm to work.
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