Senator calls on administration to act on election cybersecurity since Congress won’t

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Senator calls on administration to act on election cybersecurity since Congress won’t

By: Jessie Bur   December 13, 2017
 

In a recent letter to, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s assistant for national security affairs, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on the executive branch to take action to secure political elections in the U.S., citing unwillingness by Congressional leadership to take action through legislative means.

“Cybersecurity experts have complained for decades about the risks associated with insecure electronic voting machines and the need for paper audit trails. Their warnings have largely gone unheeded,” Wyden wrote. “Unfortunately, even with clear evidence that states are not addressing their vulnerable election infrastructures, Congressional leadership has been unwilling to schedule legislative efforts that either provide oversight ore require states to adopt common-sense election cybersecurity measures.”

https://www.fifthdomain.com/federal-oversight/congress/2017/12/13/senator-calls-on-administration-to-act-on-election-cybersecurity-since-congress-wont/

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This is an example of how pitiful the Senate is.  They can't, or won't, do their jobs and the Senator wants Trump to do it for them.  Of course, if he does, Wyden will complain Trump is usurping the powers of the Congress.