{"id":2818,"date":"2018-07-02T18:04:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/02\/trumps-cyber-task-force-misses-another-deadline-for-plan-on-election-interference\/"},"modified":"2018-07-02T18:04:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T18:04:00","slug":"trumps-cyber-task-force-misses-another-deadline-for-plan-on-election-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-cyber-task-force-misses-another-deadline-for-plan-on-election-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Cyber Task Force Misses Another Deadline For Plan On Election Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">&ldquo;The Trump administration&rsquo;s cyber task force was ordered to make a report on how to combat election interference.&nbsp; The report was due June 30th, and it still hasn&rsquo;t been released. It&rsquo;s clear Trump does not take the ongoing threat foreign adversaries pose to our election systems seriously.&rdquo; &#8211; DNC Chief Technology Officer Raffi Krikorian<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">The Trump administration&rsquo;s cyber task force missed its June 30th deadline to submit an initial report on how to combat election interference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">This weekend, the Trump administration&rsquo;s cyber task force missed another deadline after it was <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/sessions-convenes-cyber-task-force-in-part-to-explore-election-interference\/2018\/02\/20\/244f3ef4-167c-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921_story.html?utm_term%3D.09eada269cdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338387000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHq9rbDzwAZucH9jn0I_j4Or1pkfA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/sessions-convenes-cyber-task-force-in-part-to-explore-election-interference\/2018\/02\/20\/244f3ef4-167c-11e8-b681-2d4d462a1921_story.html?utm_term=.09eada269cdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ordered <\/a>to submit a report with recommendations by June 30.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">Trump first promised he would have a plan to combat election interference within 90 days of taking office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">After <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/donald-trump-continues-attacks-on-intelligence-agencies-ahead-of-classified-briefing-on-russia-1483728966&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338387000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHkh_UKoXHev3qp7AM7rMyMkFhIvw\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/donald-trump-continues-attacks-on-intelligence-agencies-ahead-of-classified-briefing-on-russia-1483728966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promising<\/a> a full report and cybersecurity plan to combat election interference within his first 90 days of taking office, the Trump administration is now almost <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/04\/20\/trump-cybersecurity-hackers-237385&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338387000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfvVHCdr-UtD1xuFvP8D3xpFw9mA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/04\/20\/trump-cybersecurity-hackers-237385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">15 months late<\/a> in delivering on that promise.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">Trump has not taken necessary action to combat election interference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">Trump&rsquo;s <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/27\/politics\/cybercom-rogers-trump-russian-cyber-threat\/index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338388000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGCBT7Uirzb7DhtbZutlcCmdIVmtw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/02\/27\/politics\/cybercom-rogers-trump-russian-cyber-threat\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top intelligence<\/a> appointees <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/fbi-director-to-face-questions-on-security-clearances-and-agents-independence\/2018\/02\/13\/f3e4c706-105f-11e8-9570-29c9830535e5_story.html?utm_term%3D.d39784db44e8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338388000&amp;usg=AFQjCNERvuqfgtQEjYRpVdml-qHRpaP7iw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/fbi-director-to-face-questions-on-security-clearances-and-agents-independence\/2018\/02\/13\/f3e4c706-105f-11e8-9570-29c9830535e5_story.html?utm_term=.d39784db44e8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> they had not been &ldquo;directed by the president&rdquo; or granted authority to address Russian interference.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">Trump&rsquo;s top national security officials <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/02\/06\/russians-already-meddling-in-us-midterms-tillerson-says.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338388000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH2JUzKn2LjrqH0fULEWUUcgW38gw\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2018\/02\/06\/russians-already-meddling-in-us-midterms-tillerson-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">warned<\/a> that Trump has left the United States &ldquo;<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/apnews.com\/92077cdccd154065ad960eeeda13243d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338388000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGAcpSsmjkd1rnBvwNtCm1cW-Zq1w\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/92077cdccd154065ad960eeeda13243d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">behind the curve<\/a>&rdquo; in developing policy to establish &ldquo;<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/apnews.com\/8e511489492b4e0f8b8918c7354d26e4?utm_campaign%3DSocialFlow%26utm_source%3DTwitter%26utm_medium%3DAP_Politics&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338388000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHjaQ3DE_0qSXULQfqXKM0CrwAE8A\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/8e511489492b4e0f8b8918c7354d26e4?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP_Politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">effective deterrence<\/a>&rdquo; against Russian election interference in the midterms.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">The Trump administration <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/04\/world\/europe\/state-department-russia-global-engagement-center.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338388000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQ8TplKHrXZyGzFjDe_R3tf6JXVg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/04\/world\/europe\/state-department-russia-global-engagement-center.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">neglected<\/a> to spend State Department funding allocated to fight election meddling.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">The Trump administration <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/03\/15\/politics\/russia-sanctions-trump-yevgeniy-viktorovich-prigozhin\/index.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338388000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzCFwrT25BBIFzTDuQrTx9xXSDJw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/03\/15\/politics\/russia-sanctions-trump-yevgeniy-viktorovich-prigozhin\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">missed<\/a> deadlines to implement congressionally-mandated sanctions against Russia for election interference.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_2565148143104046890gmail-docs-internal-guid-5bfa7f09-5c19-3a87-920d-1a55b478a7e4\">The White House <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/05\/15\/white-house-eliminates-cyber-adviser-post-542916&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338388000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEl1Iz0RuKEtxeadoCMht17xPFPQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/05\/15\/white-house-eliminates-cyber-adviser-post-542916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eliminated<\/a> its top cyber policy position, a major <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/cybersecurity\/2018\/06\/you-should-be-significantly-concerned-theres-no-white-house-cyber-coordinator-policy-experts-say\/149411\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338388000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHGI7rre8pJdVqpdS8eWtSsXFlaxA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nextgov.com\/cybersecurity\/2018\/06\/you-should-be-significantly-concerned-theres-no-white-house-cyber-coordinator-policy-experts-say\/149411\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">step backward<\/a> that leaves the U.S. more <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/06\/04\/trump-cybersecurity-leader-vulnerable-622813&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1530640338388000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEcgJqWMsWw4WACYWypV3l9YMa2Eg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/06\/04\/trump-cybersecurity-leader-vulnerable-622813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vulnerable<\/a> to attacks on our election systems.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;The Trump administration&rsquo;s cyber task force was ordered to make a report on how to combat election interference.&nbsp; The report was due June 30th, and it still hasn&rsquo;t been released. It&rsquo;s clear Trump does not take the ongoing threat foreign adversaries pose to our election systems seriously.&rdquo; &#8211; DNC Chief Technology Officer Raffi Krikorian &nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump\u2019s Cyber Task Force Misses Another Deadline For Plan On Election Interference - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-cyber-task-force-misses-another-deadline-for-plan-on-election-interference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-07-02T18:04:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-cyber-task-force-misses-another-deadline-for-plan-on-election-interference\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-cyber-task-force-misses-another-deadline-for-plan-on-election-interference\/\",\"name\":\"Trump\u2019s Cyber Task Force Misses Another Deadline For Plan On Election Interference - 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