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Anybody is logged onto an insecure network, their private log-in information will get hacked and then will get posted on a big wall of sheep, splashed along one wall of the convention center for everybody to see and feel embarrassed about. prank city. and hacking conventions are designed to make suckers into fools. this past weekend in las vegas, at one of these hacker conventions, one conventioneer successfully hacked into an exact rep llica of the florida secretary of states election website. ...

In the russia probe. s >> your head is nodding. do you adopt the same position? >> absolutely. the question here as mentioned was the nature of his communications with the russian hackers. this indictment against the 12 officers mentioned. this was more about passing statement. there could be more behind it that these russian hackers were in contact with the person reported to be roger stone in terms of soliciting feedback and that roger stone boasted he had contact with wikileaks alleged in thi...

Posing as a romanian hacker. >> it is a good rule of thumb. >> it is a good rule of them, and you know, i think, you know, one way or another, they are looking at something serious about roger stone and that seems to be coming to a head. so they are using this collaterally to attack the investigation itself. >> you know, stone has said that he knows he is going it be or he thinks he is going to be indicted and he is preparing for it. he has had a falling out with nunberg, how do you think he is ...

Subpoenas, it is a good sign that prosecutors are interested in you. particularly if they mention you specifically in an indictment with having been in contact with a foreign intelligence operation posing as a romanian hacker. >> it is a good rule of thumb. >> it is a good rule of them, and you know, i think, you know, one way or another, they are looking at something serious about roger stone and that seems to be coming to a head. so they are using this collaterally to attack the investigation ...

The legal battles hoping to appeal the grand jury order once again. owl of this shhappening as muelr subpoenaed the man who he said was the wikileaks back channel and the manhattan madam is taking the stand. is so, theyre back, asha ramgappa. and paul callan, our cnn legal analyst. so i should also point out that roger stone is saying he has nothing to worry about, these people tell the truth to the grand jury. but beginning with you, asha, the walls are closing in on him. >> the walls are closi...

Russian and fulbright collar in russia. she also clerjed for supreme court justices ruth bader begins berg and elena kag wren. ryan dickic was assistant u.s. attorney specializing in cyber crimes and fraud and prosecuted the romanian hacker. and greg andrés is an expert in foreign bribery, with vast experience prosecuting organized crime. the bottom line, were talking about an array of specialties that may or may not be indicative of how wide this scope of the mueller probe is. >> shepard: inte...

Legitimate election. what he didnt say, we know well have an election that is legitimate. that was disconcerting to hear. you studied this threat, you worked on it at the fbi. how serious is this threat? how concerned should we be for november? >> the biggest fear is that people dont trust institutions and elected officials and elections are at the cornerstone of our democracy. so if there is just one state that cant audit and verify through some sort of backup its vote, it tells all of our adve...

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>> you dont believe that to be the case? >> we acknowledge the threat, it is real, it is continuing. and were doing everything we can to have a legitimate election. >> if you dont catch a hacker, okay, in the act, it is very hard to say who did the hacking. with that being said, ill go along with russia. could have been china, could have been a lot of different groups. >> make no mistake, the scope of this foreign influence threat is broad and deep. >> ive seen it described as two administration...

Russian hacker. and on top of this remember one other thing, george. the trial of paul manafort, trumps former campaign manager, starts this week and goodness knows what comes out of that. >> it will be interesting. that case certainly focused on bank and tax crimes. financial fraud. but you know, not connected to the trump camp, mr. trump directly, but the question is how will that impact paul manafort with the bigger investigation playing out? scott lucas, thank you so much for your time today...