Mueller adds veteran cyber prosecutor to special-counsel team - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has added a veteran cyber prosecutor to his team, filling what has long been a gap in expertise and potentially signaling a recent focus on computer crimes. Ryan K. Dickey was assigned to Mueller’s team in early November from the Justice Department’s computer crime and intellectual-property section, said a spokesman for the special counsel’s office. He joined 16 other lawyers who are highly respected by their peers but who have come under fire from Republicans wary of some of their political contributions to Democrats. Dickey’s addition is particularly notable because he is the first publicly known member of the team specializing solely in cyber issues. The others’ expertise is mainly in a variety of white-collar crimes, including fraud, money laundering and public corruption, though Mueller also has appellate specialists and [URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/top-criminal-law-expert-joins-special-counsel-robert-muellers-russia-probe/2017/06/09/daafb86e-4d45-11e7-bc1b-fddbd8359dee_story.html?utm_term=.d30753b7c183"]one of the government’s foremost experts in criminal law[/URL]. Zainab Ahmad and Brandon Van Grack have handled some cybercrime issues in the past, though they are recognized more for their work on terrorism and national security. Mueller was appointed in May to investigate any possible links or coordination between the Russian government and the Trump campaign to influence the 2016 election, and any matters that might arise out of that work. He has charged or negotiated plea deals with four former Trump campaign or administration officials, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former campaign manager Paul Manafort, though Manafort’s charges have nothing to do with his work for Trump. Flynn and another former campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, are now cooperating with the Mueller team. Mueller [URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-indicates-he-will-likely-seek-interview-with-trump/2018/01/08/86100bb2-f473-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html?utm_term=.7899de12fa16"]recently indicated to Trump’s legal team that his office is likely to seek an interview with the president[/URL], and while Trump has indicated a willingness to do that, his attorneys have discussed privately setting limits on such a conversation, people familiar with the matter said. Mueller’s work has long had an important cybersecurity component — central to the probe is Russia’s [URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.5569d858fd33"]hacking of Democrats’ emails in an effort to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system and help Trump win[/URL]. The original FBI counterintelligence probe was launched in part because a Trump campaign adviser was said to have told an Australian diplomat that Russia had emails that could embarrass Democrats, and in July 2016, private Democratic messages thought to have been hacked by Russia began appearing online. Mueller also is in possession of [URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/facebook-to-turn-over-thousands-of-russian-ads-to-congress-reversing-decision/2017/09/21/9790b242-9f00-11e7-9083-fbfddf6804c2_story.html?utm_term=.cfa66d56e335"]information from Facebook about politically themed advertisements bought through Russian accounts.[/URL] [B]Legal analysts have said that one charge Mueller might pursue would be a conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, if [URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/collusion-is-not-a-crime-by-itself-here-are-the-charges-mueller-could-be-exploring/2017/10/31/eb2b516e-be59-11e7-959c-fe2b598d8c00_story.html?utm_term=.f8d984dab806"]he can demonstrate that members of Trump’s team conspired in Russia’s hacking effort[/URL] to influence the election. [/B][/QUOTE] [URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mueller-adds-veteran-cyber-prosecutor-to-special-counsel-team/2018/01/10/860f3364-f585-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?utm_term=.cfb50c32b215[/URL]

The CFAA would be a stretch to say the least but the Trump campaign's digital operation was shady as fuck.

Trump's going to be getting that exoneration letter any day now, I'm sure

Good. Russia engaged in an act of open aggression, and Trump collaborated with them to pull it off. Just imagine if Russian spy planes airdropped divisive political flyers over major U.S. population centers to spread misinformation and sow discord in 1960. That would be an enormous act of aggression. But that's exactly what they did - except with wires instead of planes. Once this investigation is finished, the economic sanctions on Russia will be massively expanded. I can't imagine anything other than a total stonewalling of Russian business interests in the U.S., and I expect that'll spread to much of Europe considering Russia's attempted interference there. This entire effort to subvert the Magnistky Act will backfire on Putin. Russia's going to get locked the fuck out of the Western economy until the corrupt crony oligarchs that run the country are overthrown from the inside.

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;53041805]Trump's going to be getting that exoneration letter any day now, I'm sure[/QUOTE] Random comment on a certain subreddit I happened to be browsing [QUOTE]What’s GEOTUS referring to when he says the witch hunt “continues”? Isn’t this whole Russia thing dead in its tracks? I was under the impression that Mueller and all were now investigating the Clinton Foundation.[/QUOTE] Disinformation is a hell of a drug.

"Cyber prosecutor" sounds like what you would call Godot

The propagandists are coming out full force in broken English on that comment form.

[QUOTE=Raidyr;53041857]Random comment on a certain subreddit I happened to be browsing Disinformation is a hell of a drug.[/QUOTE] Also in case anyone isn't aware, GEOTUS is The_Scum's acronym for Trump. It means "God-Emperor of the United States"

[QUOTE=EcksDee;53043367]Also in case anyone isn't aware, GEOTUS is The_Scum's acronym for Trump. It means "God-Emperor of the United States"[/QUOTE] Thanks. I tried searching this and didn't really find anything that explained it, lol.

[QUOTE=EcksDee;53043367]Also in case anyone isn't aware, GEOTUS is The_Scum's acronym for Trump. It means "God-Emperor of the United States"[/QUOTE] i thought it would take me a bit longer before seeing the post that makes me want to die

I'm glad that Mueller now has backup from a prosecutor who's part robot. That's what cyber prosecutor means, right? If it's not, don't tell me. I want to keep the dream alive.

[QUOTE=IKTM;53043620]I'm glad that Mueller now has backup from a prosecutor who's part robot. That's what cyber prosecutor means, right? If it's not, don't tell me. I want to keep the dream alive.[/QUOTE] [B] PART MAN PART MACHINE[/B] [I][B] THE PROSECUTOR[/B][/I]