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(32,594 posts) Mon Mar 3, 2025, 01:34 AM Mar 3

Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia [View all]

Source: NY Times (gift link)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to halt offensive operations against Russia, according to a current official and two former officials briefed on the secret instructions. The move is apparently part of a broader effort to draw President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia into talks on Ukraine and a new relationship with the United States.

Mr. Hegseth’s instructions, part of a larger re-evaluation of all operations against Russia, have not been publicly explained. But they were issued before President Trump’s public blowup in the Oval Office with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday.

The precise scope and duration of the Defense Department order is not clear, as the line between offensive and defensive cyberoperations is often a blurry one.

Still, retaining access to major Russian networks for espionage purposes is critical to understanding Mr. Putin’s intentions as he enters negotiations, and to tracking the arguments within Russia about what conditions to insist upon and what could be given up.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/us/politics/hegseth-cyber-russia-trump-putin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.004.XwaJ.VyvM8FX7iVQF

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Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia [View all] SouthBayDem Mar 3 OP

WHY......is Russia stopping theirs? Historic NY Mar 3 #1

Of course they have rpannier Mar 3 #4

Putin didn't need to make any promise to Trump AdamGG Mar 3 #12

Our guys will tell him they have stopped but won't really. The safety of the US is at stake...FU trump and lackeys... wcmagumba Mar 3 #2

That explains who leaked it and why. Marcuse Mar 3 #15

Gosh, that's Smart. byronius Mar 3 #3

Potemkin Pete. CentralMass Mar 3 #5

Better yet, Vodka Pete nt SouthBayDem Mar 3 #6

Whiskey Pete is my fav travelingthrulife Mar 3 #31

Indeed ttl ! nickster48 Mar 3 #33

Drunken Pete atreides1 Mar 3 #37

In other news, Hegseth has ordered all American ballistic missiles to be aimed at blue states. Buddyzbuddy Mar 3 #7

And the DEI hire continues to prove Aviation Pro Mar 3 #8

DEI Drunken Extreme Imbecile RainCaster Mar 3 #13

It's impolite to spy on your friends JoseBalow Mar 3 #9

Since we will get no intel from the EU BidenRocks Mar 3 #10

The USA is now a Russian satellite, just like Eastern Europe was back in the days of the Iron Curtain. FuzzyRabbit Mar 3 #11

It may be a good thing to halt this. Old Crank Mar 3 #14

Why is Hegseth liberalgunwilltravel Mar 3 #16

'Dog Tags' orders America to surrender to Russia wolfie001 Mar 3 #17

Hegseth is a dumbass mdbl Mar 3 #18

More proof of who the American president really is bluestarone Mar 3 #19

Oh My F'ing God!!!! Why don't we just give Musk and Putin the keys to the car. Fla Dem Mar 3 #20

Yeah, it's not nice to do that sort of thing Turbineguy Mar 3 #21

Basically unprompted surrender. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 3 #22

Next he'll fire everyone for "DEI" or "performance" BS reasons IronLionZion Mar 3 #23

Well, as Trump would say Dan Mar 3 #40

Laughable from the DUI hire nt SouthBayDem Mar 4 #56

DUzy! IronLionZion Mar 4 #57

Russian. Asset. hadEnuf Mar 3 #24

The Pentagon now reports to the Kremlin. Kid Berwyn Mar 3 #25

I have one question when the protest go into the streets and get larger and his boss declares martial law.......... turbinetree Mar 3 #26

He's fired anyone with any sense of decency IronLionZion Mar 3 #29

The military will follow orders and murder Americans!!! atreides1 Mar 3 #38

Just a weekend host on FOX masquerading as defense sec'y. As if Russia will stop... brush Mar 3 #27

So, Hegseth is also working for Russia. patphil Mar 3 #28

So is Gabbard! atreides1 Mar 3 #39

Yes. patphil Mar 3 #48

Does it make your cyberoperations done with Putin more difficult? travelingthrulife Mar 3 #30

There sure are a lot of Russian loving republicans republianmushroom Mar 3 #32

While Trumpsky and Musk continue offensive cyber operations against America. n/t Harker Mar 3 #34

What is it with Republicans and Russia? IronLionZion Mar 3 #35

I can't remember who Dan Mar 3 #41

Remember when they all went ape-shit over then student Bill Clinton going on a tourist trip to Moscow in 1969. progressoid Mar 3 #43

Or Jen Psaki going there in her official capacity with the state dept. IronLionZion Mar 3 #46

How long before he orders all our troops to learn Russian? Vinca Mar 3 #36

Even worse, to openly collaborate and coordinate with Russian military IronLionZion Mar 3 #42

Kegbreath loves him some Putin. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 3 #44

This is what is called an unconditional surrender. LudwigPastorius Mar 3 #45

How have so many Americans become traitors? Mysterian Mar 3 #47

WTF blueseas Mar 3 #49

Can it be any more fucking obvious. The traitors have embraced Putin and staged a coup. Evolve Dammit Mar 3 #50

The King's Kremlin Kegsbreath Blue Owl Mar 3 #51

Making nice nice? 4th Mar 3 #52

this will go down in history DonCoquixote Mar 3 #53

This is why Democrats have no businees attending trumps suck me off speech. Autumn Mar 3 #54

They keep sinking into the abyss and pulling us down with them. Who would have imagined a US president could be a Russia Martin68 Mar 3 #55

Wasn't there a time when ish like this equaled treason? IzzaNuDay Mar 4 #58