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Rounds, Not Graham, to Lead New Cybersecurity Panel

Senator Lindsey Graham has taken a hard line on Russia’s attempt to interfere in our 2016 Presidential election by illegal hacking. Senator Graham also did not support the same guy the Russians did for President.

Now, contrary to previous reports, Senator Graham will not lead a new subcommittee devoted to cybersecurity. Instead, early Trump softy Senator Mike Rounds will chair that subcommittee.

Russia lowers its cyber DefCon one more notch; fat guys in bed with laptops remain on heightened alert.

6 Comments

  1. Roger Cornelius 2017-01-18 22:56

    Trump seems to be taking the senate majority he has for granted. A 51-48 republican majority is not that strong and to have two defectors could hurt Trump.
    Will Graham and McCain mount a strong opposition to Trump’s agenda for this demotion?

  2. Eve Fisher 2017-01-19 07:41

    Well, that investigation is toast.

  3. Dana P 2017-01-19 09:39

    I can’t stop shaking my head as we enter the world of Trumpistan. Uggggg. Smilin’ Mike? uggggg

  4. caheidelberger Post author | 2017-01-19 11:22

    A reader with a good memory reminds me that we still don’t know why $1.5 million went from Mike Rounds’s EB-5 program to Mike Rounds’s favorite beef plant to a Russian-owned holding company in Cyprus. Senator Rounds, can you have your cybersecurity committee check for any hacking on those records?

  5. Chuck-Z 2017-01-19 13:54

    Well my confidence is inspired. I had read Rounds was chosen because he had seniority? Seniority in/of what exactly?

  6. caheidelberger Post author | 2017-01-19 14:23

    Unclear—maybe it was more about keeping Graham in higher positions and not assigning him to a piddly subcommittee.

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