12. The director of national intelligence (DNI) determines w other appropriate agencies—whether “a [f]oreign government, or any person on behalf of a foreign government, has acted to interfere in [any election for Federal office].” https://twitter.com/JohnBasham/status/1338707319123795973?s=20
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/donald-trump-loss-john-ratcliffe-joe-biden-election-b1767134.html
14. "After receiving the DNI’s assessment, the AG and secretary of homeland security are to send the president and the secretaries of state, defense and the treasury a report evaluating two questions:" https://www.lawfareblog.com/whats-executive-order-election-interference
15. (i) the extent to which any foreign interference materially affected the tabulation of votes; and

(ii) if any foreign interference involved a political organization, campaign, or candidate which affected integrity of infrastructure, including by unauthorized access to data.
16. Here's where the EO 13848 trap had been set:
17. Section 2 of the EO allows the Treasury Department to target specific perpetrators [as well as their facilitators]. Section 2 empowers the Treasury Sec in consultation with the AG and Sec of State and Homeland Security—to block property under U.S. jurisdiction.
18. Section 3 of the EO lays out a very different process. Unlike Section 2, Section 3 places the White House at the center of any decisions to implement sanctions beyond those who actually interfered and their facilitators.
19. So Bill Barr, likened to the B2 Stealth by #Q, Farm raised, picked an interesting day to resign. "These things take time." https://twitter.com/DocRock1007/status/1204513241507999745?s=20
20. Dominion deleted the reference and link to "SolarWinds" from their website, but we have the archive still.

Now you see it... now you dont. h/t cm https://twitter.com/CodeMonkeyZ/status/1338850031445536769?s=20
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