\u201cTrump must acknowledge that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and take strong, meaningful action to prevent it from happening again in future elections.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\nThe amendment blocks all funding \u201cauthorized to be appropriated\u201d by NDAA or \u201cotherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Defense\u201d<\/em> to any Russia-US efforts on cybersecurity issues.<\/p>\n\u201cNone of the funds \u2026 may be obligated or expended to share intelligence, information, equipment, personnel, or facilities related to any cyber agreement entered into with Russia after December 31, 2016,\u201d<\/em> it states.<\/p>\nTwo more democrats, Ruben Gallego, a senator from Arizona and Ted Lieu, who represents California’s 33rd congressional district, filed similar amendments to NDAA, calling to \u201cconfront Russian interference in the 2016 election.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cIt is completely inexplicable that the Administration is apparently planning to partner with Russia on a \u2018new Cyber Security unit\u2019,\u201d<\/em> the joint statement said.<\/p>\nThe Putin-Trump discussion on cybersecurity has been a hot topic in the media since the presidents first met in person on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Putin confirmed that he and Trump had shared their views on the issue, adding both had agreed to \u201ccreate a working group and work together on how to jointly monitor security in cyberspace.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\nREAD MORE: Putin-Trump cybersecurity cooperation to take place, but will take time \u2013 Russia G20 sherpa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nPutin also confirmed that the accusations claiming Russia meddled in the US election had been addressed during his conversation with Trump. The Russian president reiterated that there is no reason to believe that Russia interfered in the US electoral process.<\/p>\n
Trump tweeted on Sunday that he and Putin had discussed forming an impenetrable cybersecurity unit to prevent election hacking. However, later he almost reiterated from his comments after a backlash from Republican senators, who dubbed the plan \u201cclose to the dumbest idea.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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