Biden’s order could let China control US electric grid

[Counselor706]

Less than one week into his presidency, Joe Biden has already put U.S. security at greater risk to Chinese and other threats.

Biden, who long has been accused by critics of being soft on China, issued a lengthy executive order in which, buried amid matters purportedly designed to combat climate change, was an anomalous and potentially dangerous provision. The provision in question addresses nothing reasonably connected to climate change. Instead, it suspends for 90 days a key security measure put in place last May 1 by former President Donald Trump. Biden’s suspension of Trump’s measure makes not the slightest sense.

Trump’s Executive Order 13920 declared a national emergency with respect to the nation’s electric grid and prohibited the acquisition or installation of “any bulk-power electric equipment … designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary.” In sum, Trump forbade the use of grid equipment that is made in China, Russia, or other hostile nations.

Trump’s order was a common-sense response to real, proven threats. Just last year, the Wall Street Journal reported that the United States seized a Chinese-built transformer because officials believe “its electronics had been secretly given malicious capabilities, possibly allowing a distant adversary to monitor or even disable it on command.” Cybersecurity expert Joseph Weiss reported that officials found “electronics that should not have been part of the transformer — hardware backdoors” that could allow the Chinese to “effectively gain control of the transformers without any network forensics being the wiser.”

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[CornusKousa]

The (D)emocrats "America Last" platform is well underway.

 

[icanhelp1]

The (D)emocrats "America Last" platform is well underway.

More like a platform for national suicide.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

Lol...

 

[islandman]

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Are you at all surprised that the OpEd doesn't provide the full text of EO 13920's suspension?

Here it is for everyone else:

(c) Executive Order 13920 of May 1, 2020 (Securing the United States
Bulk-Power System), is hereby suspended for 90 days. The Secretary of
Energy and the Director of OMB shall jointly consider whether to recommend
that a replacement order be issued.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

Are you at all surprised that the OpEd doesn't provide the full text of EO 13920's suspension?

Here it is for everyone else:

(c) Executive Order 13920 of May 1, 2020 (Securing the United States
Bulk-Power System), is hereby suspended for 90 days. The Secretary of
Energy and the Director of OMB shall jointly consider whether to recommend
that a replacement order be issued.

Their Biden Derangement Syndrome causes them to overlook some details.

 

[WillJ8787]

Are you at all surprised that the OpEd doesn't provide the full text of EO 13920's suspension?

Here it is for everyone else:

(c) Executive Order 13920 of May 1, 2020 (Securing the United States
Bulk-Power System), is hereby suspended for 90 days. The Secretary of
Energy and the Director of OMB shall jointly consider whether to recommend
that a replacement order be issued.

nope, not surprised.

He isn't a Republican

And

Repubs are still mostly low character

Liars

Who fabric facts because they can't compete

In

The

Real World

 

[phrodeau]

It’s good that Trump protected us from potential Chinese cyber threats. Too bad that he allowed actual Russian cyber assaults.

 

[missyunderstanding]

Laughing out loud in the dark?

Lol...

I am not sure that you will be laughing in the dark out loud. More likely whimpering and wondering why the power is not coming back in time for your favorite show.

You REALLY don't think China intends to topple the USA? You REALLY don't think China made Biden clip the Trump protective measure?

 

[Fuzzy1975]

I am not sure that you will be laughing in the dark out loud. More likely whimpering and wondering why the power is not coming back in time for your favorite show.

You REALLY don't think China intends to topple the USA? You REALLY don't think China made Biden clip the Trump protective measure?

*chuckles*....the sky is falling....

That makes about as much sense as you two idiots. First off, government doesn't control the security of the electrical grids ( all 5 of them interconected) in North America. The whole grid system between Canada and the US is controlled by NERC. Look up the acronym you fucking dummies, I am not about to waste time explaining it.

Trump's original EO was a bunch of non clamenture of electrical jargon mixed in with some regulations. So it is a good idea to make sure source suppliers security is in place, but that security is not up to the American Government, on an international system.

The north american interconnected power gird is the largest "machine" in the world.

 

[LLCox]

I have a generator, I don't need no stinking "Grid." Instead of whining about dooms day you might want to be proactive.