Re:FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems
by r00fus on Monday August 29, 2016 @05:18PM
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Why would you even need #3? You simply make them persona-non-grata, or make them believe they are the bad guys (and hey, bad guys always complain about being bad guys!)
#1 is entirely feasible. #2 is entirely possible as well - there are lots of revolving doors with defense contractors and the DoD... heck, just read through the Patraeus scandal [1]. This a 4-star General (Commander of CentCom), Director of CIA and was a likely presidential candidate - just read through the tawdry and incestuous relationships within the community, and wonder at how easy it'd be to simply bribe everyone with an offer they couldn't resist.
I posit this can be planned indefinitely. Once the hammer drops, yes countdown time is hours, but... take a look at the 2000 election results and the weeks it took to finally stop the clock on vote counting.
#1 is entirely feasible. #2 is entirely possible as well - there are lots of revolving doors with defense contractors and the DoD... heck, just read through the Patraeus scandal [1]. This a 4-star General (Commander of CentCom), Director of CIA and was a likely presidential candidate - just read through the tawdry and incestuous relationships within the community, and wonder at how easy it'd be to simply bribe everyone with an offer they couldn't resist.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petraeus_scandal
I posit this can be planned indefinitely. Once the hammer drops, yes countdown time is hours, but... take a look at the 2000 election results and the weeks it took to finally stop the clock on vote counting.