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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by eternalban on Monday August 29, 2016 @11:43AM (#12382644)
Is it really viable to apply old world paradigms to USA?

> It's really not possible to have a coup in the US

Then what exactly happened on 9/11? In non-banana variety republics, the person in charge of national air defense would have been minimally subjected to a court martial. This still happens here too [1] for far less serious events.

The general in this case, however, got promoted. [2]

> US. Government is too distributed for a quick take over

How about a very slow and deliberate take over. Would that work?

[1]: http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/another-navy-command...

[2]: http://www.jcs.mil/About/The-Joint-Staff/Chairman/General-Ri...

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Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems by DigitalJack on Monday August 29, 2016 @12:51PM (#12383197)
> How about a very slow and deliberate take over. Would that work?

No, that is not what a coup is.

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