nate33 wrote:There is so much exaggeration and intentional misinterpretation of the relatively few known facts about this hacking allegation.
- Nobody has actually presented any evidence whatsoever that the Russians hacked anybody. All we have is an anonymous leak from a CIA source with no corroboration. It is well understood that the CIA is strongly pro-Clinton (with the FBI being more pro-Trump), so this could just as easily be the case that the CIA, or a rogue element within the CIA is tampering with the election, not Russia. Let's not forget that the CIA are professional liars. That is what they do. It would behoove us all to be a bit skeptical until people with actual names and faces step forward.
- The CIA claims to have identified the actual individuals responsible for the hacking, but nobody has been named or penalized. Why?
- The CIA claims that the RNC had also been hacked, but this has been refuted by the RNC and by FBI sources. This is a critical fact that must be nailed down because the entire premise that Russia was aiding Trump is based on the notion that they selectively released the dirt from the Democrats, and not from the Republicans. If they were unsuccessful in obtaining RNC dirt, then it would explain why only DNC dirt was released.
- The Russian hacks (if indeed proven true) are only for the DNC emails, NOT the Podesta emails. Julian Assange and other Wikileaks officials have stated that the Podesta emails were not hacks from Russia but were from whistleblowers on the inside. The Podesta emails and the fundraising speech transcripts were where most of the Clinton dirt was. The DNC emails really only contained dirt on how the DNC was biased in favor of Clinton over Sanders during the primary. All of the Clinton scandals and alleged scandals in the weeks preceding to the election (the Comey email investigation, Donna Brazile cheating on the debates, Clinton's confession of having "public" and "private" positions on issues, the deplorables comment, the health scare, SpiritCooking, Pizzagate, etc.) had nothing to do with the DNC hacks.
- There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Russians hacked any election machines. The media has been deliberately conflating these stories in an attempt to discredit Trump's victory by saying that the Russians have "hacked the election" rather than saying they hacked the DNC server. If there was voting fraud to be found, so far, it's only been found in Wayne County and it favored Clinton.
- Nobody is opposing an investigation of the email hacks. People are opposing labeling Russia the culprit in the absence of any evidence.
- Nobody seemed to mind when Mexico interfered with the election in favor of Clinton. Their president likened Trump to Mussolini, and their government sponsored an initiative to assist Mexican immigrants to become U.S. citizens in time for the election. Heck, Carlos Slim owns the NY Times, who was viciously anti-Trump throughout the election.
It's strange that we didn't get this writeup for Hillary's emails.
