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A congressman from Northeast Philadelphia said he would propose legislation later this week to prevent a proposal by President Donald Trump to form “an impenetrable cyber security unit” with Russia.
U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, a Democrat who returned Saturday night from a trip to Hamburg, Germany, for the G-20 Summit, said in a statement that he offer a bill to prevent the president’s proposal, which Trump mentioned in a series of tweets Sunday morning.
Trump also returned Saturday evening from Hamburg.
Putin & I discussed forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking, & many other negative things, will be guarded..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017
…and safe. Questions were asked about why the CIA & FBI had to ask the DNC 13 times for their SERVER, and were rejected, still don’t….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017
…have it. Fake News said 17 intel agencies when actually 4 (had to apologize). Why did Obama do NOTHING when he had info before election?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2017
Boyle said in a statement that when he returned to Capitol Hill this week, he would submit a bill to “prohibit the United States from participating in any type joint working group with Russia on cybersecurity efforts.”
The House is off Monday, but reconvenes several committees starting Tuesday.
“Hiring Mr. Putin to protect our electoral process is like a group of homeowners hiring a security guard to protect them after that individual has broken into their homes,” Boyle said in the statement.
The second-term congressman wasn’t the only one to issue strongly-worded metaphors about such a deal between the United States and Russia in light of the strong statements American intelligence agencies have made about Russia’s hacking efforts in the 2016 presidential election.
Partnering with Putin on a “Cyber Security Unit” is akin to partnering with Assad on a “Chemical Weapons Unit”. 2/3
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 9, 2017
While reality & pragmatism requires that we engage Vladimir Putin, he will never be a trusted ally or a reliable constructive partner. 1/3
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 9, 2017
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