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Kavanaugh likely lied to the Senate during the 2000 judicial confirmation hearings.

Mueller reco’s PapaD sentenced to up to 6 mos in jail for lying to investigators in RU probe

Judge in Manafort trial says he has been threatened and is now under US Marshal protection
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Trump’s revocation of security clearances could be construed as retaliation against a witness.

“It’s a federal crime (§1513) to retaliate against someone for providing truthful info to LE,”

“So he’s getting closer & closer to really dangerous ground here.”
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60 intel officials & analysts sign new stmt “our firm belief that the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views”

Trump reverses PBO directive seeking to relax rules on cyber attacks.
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Thread 1/7 WHY WE NEED #AUDITS. Professor Andrew Appel breaks down the #myth that someone can't #hack a #VotingMachine if it's not connected to the #Internet. freedom-to-tinker.com/2018/02/22/are… #PaperBallots #AuditTheVote
Thread 2/7 "The ES&S model #DS200 #optical-scan voting machine has a #cellphone modem that it uses to upload #election-night results from the #voting machine to the “county central” canvassing #computer." #PaperBallots #AuditTheVote
Thread 3/7 "The voting machine calls the county-central computer using its cell-phone modem... this connects ... to a cell tower ... near the canvassing computer." #PaperBallots #AuditTheVote
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There's been a lot of talk about #electionsecurity since we know #Russia will try to hack the #2018Midterms.

This thread will give brief overviews of #votingmachines, #opensource software & #handmarked #paperballots. THREAD 1/10 #MondayMotivaton
Jurisdictions don't have 💰 or staff to buy new machines frequently or keep the ones they have up to date with security updates. There's no voting machine that can't be hacked. 2/10 nytimes.com/2018/02/21/mag…
Manufacturers & election officials say since the machines aren't connected to the internet, they can't be hacked. But that's not accurate. Polling places transmit voting results using modems. 3/10 #technology #hack #telecommunications
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