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   From: Simon@localhost.com   
      
   >Thom Hartmann: Trump shut down U.S.   
   >cyber protections against Russia   
   >Mar 7   
   >   
   >Former President Trump damaged U.S.   
   >cyber protections against Russia,   
   >author Thom Hartmann told Hill.TV's   
   >"Rising" on Tuesday.   
   >   
   >Hartmann details in his new book,   
   >"The Hidden History of Big Brother   
   >in America: How the Death of   
   >Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance   
   >Threaten Us and Our Democracy," how   
   >Trump reversed Obama-era protections   
   >once he took office.   
   >   
   >After the first Russian cyberattack   
   >on Ukraine, former President Obama   
   >created an agency to build out   
   >American cyber security, specifically   
   >against Russian threats. When Trump   
   >took office, he dismantled the agency,   
   >and within a year Russia had   
   >infiltrated American cyber security,   
   >Hartmann claims.   
   >   
   >"Trump had basically shut down our   
   >cyber protections against Russia,"   
   >he said.   
   >https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/597374-thom-hartmann-trump-shut-down-u   
   >s-cyber-protections-against-russia   
   >   
      
   Trump was just following orders from Putin   
      
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