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Based in the US, which law prevents you from committing cyber attacks in Russia? Genuinely curious how you would be prosecuted and how this would cause you to risk your entire career.
So in general (i.e. not specific to cyber), and even under the condition that Congress had declared war on Russia, it is illegal for civilians to engage in acts which harm the enemy. Only the military is allowed to attack. read up on "unlawful combatant" and "irregular combatant" Now if look more specifically at cyber, then there are laws such as The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) The Stored Communications Act (…
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When Hillary was running, Russia had just invaded Ukraine the first time. So Russia intervened in US elections to get someone more pliant elected. This war and any “aggressive” posture toward Russia is entirely of Moscow’s making.
Russiagate has been handily debunked, and its premise was always stupid. No country on Earth has meddled in nearly the number of foreign elections as the USA. This is universally understood history. It’s not up for debate. Only the propagandized American domestic population would have even considered Russiagate a newsworthy scandal. And only the propagandized American domestic population would have interpreted it as…
Who spear-fished Podesta again? As well as the DNC? And 4,000 other Clinton-related email addresses? And why did that same group also attack the World Anti-Doping Agency, MH17 researchers, senior NATO members and Russian political opposition and journalists?[1]
Who was Manafort providing internal polling data to, and why was that worth forgiving $20 million worth of loans? [2]
When even the Republican Senate Intelligence committee has this to say, it's clearly "debunked"[3];
> The Committee found that the Russian government engaged in an aggressive, multifaceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Parts of this effort are outlined in the Committee's earlier volumes on election security, social media, the Obama Administration's response to the threat, and the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment.
Here's what Mueller had to say, sure, "debunked"[4]:
> The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion. Evidence of Russian government operations began to surface in mid-2016. In June, the Democratic National Committee and its cyber response team publicly announced that Russian hackers had compromised its computer network. Releases of hacked materials—hacks that public reporting soon attributed to the Russian government—began that same month.
[1] - https://www.secureworks.com/research/iron-twilight-supports-...
[2] - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/08/manafort-rus...
[3] -https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/docu...
[4] - https://www.justice.gov/archives/sco/file/1373816/download
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> Crimea is the only "warm water" port that Russia has access to to gain access for the end and the Atlantic. This is bullshit propaganda, sorry. Russia has over 1000km of coast at the Black Sea, to the East of Crimea.
Turns out I was pretty wrong about that. I thought Novorosiisk was in Crimea. Sorry to spread misinformation. I will say, even if it were true, that wouldn't justify what Russia is doing. But I can see how it would be useful for domestic consumption.
Its straight out of Imperial Russia's propaganda book. Kind of proof that Russia since ~1600 has always been the same country, just with a different coat of paint (the one between 1917 and 1991 happening to be red paint).
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Some of the best developers I've worked with are Ukrainians. I've been hiring there for over 10 years with great results.
Same here. I wonder if the US could expedite setting up a refugee pipeline to the Bay Area. Guessing most people in the region would be for it.
Very annoyingly.
(I can only chalk the downvotes (this comment was grey at time of my reply) up to pOlItIcS)
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> no different than donating money to the United States military Which Americans did. In World War II. With donations, war bonds and by accepting massive sacrifices to their quality of life through rations, price controls and more. We did this when we felt threatened. Last I checked, the Canadians weren’t rolling tanks into Syracuse.
This is precisely the delusion that makes America such an insane global actor. Get over yourself! The Nazis lost! The USSR won the war! Move on!
This is an inchoate line of argument. You ask for precedent and then object to it being in the past.
WWII was the last time America was attacked by a foreign state. Ukraine is being attacked by a foreign state. The analogy shouldn’t be lofty enough to go over one’s head. If Russia rolls tanks into the Baltics we’ll have a new analogy for the ensuing half century. For the time being, I’m fine letting the precedent age.
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He blamed the US media for stoking tensions in the lead up to the invasion. Then silence.
Perhaps he doesn't want to find a new place to live, in contrast to Assange and Moreno.
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#570Just like nobody would even talk about Nord Stream 1, or EU didn't want to cancel Swift, and EU leader is literally talking about a 'pretty lit up building' in 'support of Ukraine' - while Ukraine is begging for weapons ... I'm wary that this is a little too late. If you want to help, call your Senator and demand that they supply Ukraine with as many Javelins and Stingers as they can, unlimited small arms, equipment…
You need to evaluate the situation. Supplying weapons might feel good as a sign of defiance, but it will only prolong the conflict and lead to more dead. Nobody wins if you die a martyr in this conflict. The political capital is on the Ukrainians side, so any situation aside from a direct war is preferable. There are direct conflicts, but they are also involved in a proxy war. And no, I would not enjoy suggesting sur…
Think of how ridiculous this statement is.
Should we then remove weapons from Ukraine so that they lose more quickly? And then reduce the damage?
Nonsense - we should be arming and supporting them as much as possible, and especially preparing for an insurgency.
There are any number of things we could be doing both militarily and economically.