Trump, Seeking to Relax Rules on U.S. Cyberattacks, Reverses Obama Directive

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Source: Wall Street Journal

President Trump has reversed an Obama-era memorandum dictating how and when the U.S. government can deploy cyberweapons against its adversaries, in an effort to loosen restrictions on such operations, according to people familiar with the action.

Mr. Trump signed an order on Wednesday reversing the classified rules, known as Presidential Policy Directive 20, that had mapped out an elaborate interagency process that must be followed before U.S. use of cyberattacks, particularly those geared at foreign adversaries.


Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-seeking-to-relax-rules-on-u-s-cyberattacks-reverses-obama-directive-1534378721

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This seems very bad.

[Butterflylady]

1. The most work orange face has ever done

Is to reverse whatever President Obama has done.

[Dave Starsky]

4. I wish Obama had made it illegal to drink Drano.

Trump would not only reverse the law, but his idiot cultists would chug-a-lug the stuff as a celebratory "fuck you" to the Muslim Kenyan.

[mysteryowl]

2. Seems like all he does is reverse Pres. Obama's presidency.

It is so painful to witness this process of mass destruction. There never is any logical reason the reversals. He just does it to destroy. I can't wait until the day he is gone. What a party the US will have.

[Marthe48]

11. He must think that Pres. Obama invented Democracy

n/t

[Maxheader]

3. Helps the foreign infestation of our election process...

[Arkansas Granny]

5. He's not even pretending anymore. He's Putin's puppet and doesn't care that we know.

[Fred Sanders]

6. The article says the new rules are intended to LOOSEN restrictions on America using cyber warfare

tools....

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Busted, I admit that I didn't read the whole article. It was behind a pay wall.

[Javaman]

8. and here comes the total fucking of the midterms. nt

[pecosbob]

9. I don't think he has any intention of using them against FOREIGN adversaries...

just Americans.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. He is literally now having people

looking for any and every rule to overturn.