That is pretty funny, but the fact it was so crude just totally destroys the CIA" conclusion, doesn't it? They are acting like the Russians mounted this big league attack and the reality is, he fell for a simple phising scheme. Not to knock him, it can happen, but how does that become Russian intelligence? it could have been some Nigerians at the barbershop. The DNC "hack" looks more like a large-scale Snowden-style leak by some insider who was sicked at what the saw. A guy who was in a position to do just that was mysteriously killed in DC soon thereafter. Maybe the CIA ought to have a look at that.
WASHINGTON — When Special Agent Adrian Hawkins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation called the Democratic National Committee in September 2015 to pass along some troubling news about its computer network, he was transferred, naturally, to the help desk. His message was brief, if alarming. At least one computer system belonging to the D.N.C. had been compromised by hackers federal investigators had named “the Dukes,” a cyberespionage team linked to the Russian government. The F.B.I. knew it well: The bureau had spent the last few years trying to kick the Dukes out of the unclassified email systems of the White House, the State Department and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff, one of the government’s best-protected networks. As the year draws to a close, it now seems possible that there will be multiple investigations of the Russian hacking — the intelligence review Mr. Obama has ordered completed by Jan. 20, the day he leaves office, and one or more congressional inquiries. They will wrestle with, among other things, Mr. Putin’s motive. Did he seek to mar the brand of American democracy, to forestall anti-Russian activism for both Russians and their neighbors? Or to weaken the next American president, since presumably Mr. Putin had no reason to doubt American forecasts that Mrs. Clinton would win easily? Or was it, as the C.I.A. concluded last month, a deliberate attempt to elect Mr. Trump? In fact, the Russian hack-and-dox scheme accomplished all three goals. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us...T.nav=top-news So it definitely happened, and the dumb Trumpers, and Trump of course, won't admit it. Sort of like man made climate change and other facts.
So are we going to let a foreign government determine ours? I say that another vote should take place. This one is null and void.
the people got information from podesta's emails. He should not have been using gmail. They should have had secure accounts. Ever try to send an email to someone you know who works at a big hedge fund. I knew a few people at different ones. They all have serious security. Your email gets turned around until you verify for the system admin who your are and you get permissioned. Clinton's team was so dumb they were using regular gmail? I use regular gmail and just assume everyone has access to it if they try. If you look at the ads on the side you realize they not only cater to your email topoics... they probably cater to the phone numbers you dial if you sue google voice. You have to be a moron to think that is secure. So if you are podesta doing shady evils shit like creating astro turf church groups? you have to be some sort of moron evil savant.
Let's make one point clear up front. Podesta did not get hacked from a foreign government in some type of complex hacking scheme. Podesta got hacked from a simple fake "you need to change your password" phishing email. The origins of this email and associated servers were not linked to Russia in any manner.
Apparently it is now treasonous to even think that. After all, the Washington Post has an anonymous CIA source who said so. Podesta was hacked by a ploy so sophisticated, it took the CIA months to uncover who was behind it. And the "typo" from the IT guy Podesta asked for advice? Pretty convenient that "illegitimate" got changed to "legitimate. " Obviously more Russian spycraft at work. Putin stole the election by confusing democrats as to how many votes they needed to steal. Just like in our great pastime of football, when there is an infraction, you assess the penalty and run the down over again. So it's obvious we need to redo the election, only this time no funny business about how many votes they need.