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    Trump's 'Impenetrable' Cyber Unit That Never Was

    President Trump may have saved himself and the government a lot of trouble by pulling the plug on a joint cyber unit with Russia before work got seriously underway.
    by Philip Ewing Jul 10, 2017 3 minutes
    After meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, President Trump said Sunday they had discussed creating a joint cybersecurity unit. After much criticism, he quickly walked back the idea. / Sean Gallup / Getty Images

    Spare a thought for the poor U.S.-Russia Joint Impenetrable Cybersecurity Unit, which didn't even survive an entire news cycle this weekend.

    President Trump pitched the joint cyber-team with Russia in a tweet on Sunday.

    He went on to rule out the idea in a second tweet on Sunday evening.

    Then again, the notion had about as much chance of acceptance in the U.S. national security world as ketchup on a hot dog in Chicago.

    "It's not.

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