"What Keeps DHS Awake @ Night? The Public Hasn't A Clue"

"America is under cyber attack. We are beginning to act but not quick enough and not forcefully enough," warned Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) testifying on Capital Hill at the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.

That's right, people. "The threats to our critical infrastructure, like power and water treatment companies, are real and the public doesn't have a clue how bad it is," reports CBN.

It appears Russian hackers have struck again, targeting conservative think tanks based in Washington, D.C. This latest attack prompted the alarmed lawmakers to demand the public, as well as privately- owned companies to be informed of this growing danger.

The problem? 90% of all critical infrastructure in the U.S. is privately-owned, and largely unprotected.

According to Homeland Security:

"Cyber space and its underlying infrastructure are vulnerable to a wide range of risk stemming from both physical and cyber threats and hazards. Sophisticated cyber actors and nation-states exploit vulnerabilities to steal information and money and are developing capabilities to disrupt, destroy, or threaten the delivery of essential services:

• Electricity
• Water supply
• Dams
• Nuclear reactors
• Financial services
• (et cetera, et cetera)

"Critical infrastructure describes the physical and cyber systems and assets that are so vital to the United States that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on our physical or economic security or public health or safety.

"Our daily life, economic vitality, and national security depend on a stable, safe, and resilient cyberspace."

According to the FBI and DHS, Russian government cyber actors have been targeting U.S. critical infrastructure sectors including; energy, nuclear and commercial facilities since at least March, 2016.

So why are lawmakers only now demanding the public be informed?

A wise man once said: "Agencies responsible for protecting our physical infrastructure at the local, state and federal level aren't spending nearly enough on cyber security given how critical things like power, roads and clean water are to our society." -- Ellis Talton, StateOf

"Sensible people will see trouble coming and avoid it, but an unthinking person will walk right into it and regret it later" Proverbs 22:3.

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"Russian nationalist: 'Vote Trump or Risk War'"

Russian President Vladimir Putin insists his country is not trying to influence the U.S. presidential election.

Really? Well somebody better let his pal, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, know because according to Reuters,  Zhirinovsky said if Trump loses, it means war.

An ultra-nationalist and ally to President Putin, Zhirinovsky is " a flamboyant veteran lawmaker known for his fiery rhetoric," Reuters reporter Andrew Osborn said.

"Trump", claims Zhirinovsky, "is the only person to de-escalate dangerous tensions between Moscow and Washington."

What about Hillary, you ask?

According to Zhirinovsky she could "spark World War Three. Relations between Russia and the United States can't get any worse. The only way they can get worse is if a war starts. Americans voting for a president on November 8 must realize that they are voting for peace on Planet Earth if they vote for Trump. But if they vote for Hillary, it's war."

With tensions between the U.S. and Russia already so strained over Syria, Ukraine and the Russian campaign of cyber-attacks, Zhirinovsky's statements seem especially jarring. If Russia is not trying to influence the U.S. election--what is it trying to do?

Meanwhile...

The Bible indicates Russia has a major role to play in the End-Times scenario. The U.S. does not.Why?

A wise man once said: "The Apostle Paul uses the image of labor pains to stress the suddenness of how quickly the world will be plunged into judgment." -- Barry Beitzel, Ph.D.

"For you are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, 'Peace and security', destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief..." 1Thess.5:2-4.

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