See I don't think so, and the reason is - there appears to be a long history of hacking attempts from Russia on us and other western governments aimed at election processes. Releasing it can influence things as much as holding it, especially through a proxy like Wikileaks.
We've been spying on Russian politicos for 35 years or more. This is from a book, not my "personal" experience, but in the 1980s we could tell you exactly how much Vodka the Kremlin was ordering and what brands. So if they were interested in where Podesta got his pizza from --- you shouldn't be surprised.
NONE of that info ever makes it to public domain unless someone gets blackmailed with it in exchange for negotiating concessions. That's what is "not right" about this "blame it on the Russians" deal..
You don't want the other guessing how they know what they know. Was it satellite interception, an antenna on an embassy, an asset working on the ground, a group for hire in Romania??? You don't want to widely EXPOSE those methods. Because they can be neutralized. And people could get killed.
I disagree. Russia was using Wikileaks to cover it's track. There is substantial agreement among diverse authorities that Russia was behind the hacking. There is zero evidence that it was the DNC insider. There is nothing substantial in the hacked emails - nothing outright illegal. What's there is stuff that can be implied, misconstrued or is embarressing. It's not "blackmail worthy" but it can - when released at strategic intervals - cause havoc.
WHICH hacking were they behind? The DNC hack was a simple spearfishing attack. ANYONE could have done it. Getting a Gmail account from a phone is a little trickier, but there were reports that Podesta had LOST a phone.
The assumption seems to be that ONLY the Russians were in those 3 separate attacks. But I assure you, there were other breaches on those stupid systems. There were just too tempting as targets.
In classified session, with the DNC and RNC, the FBI probably told them HOW MANY hacking attempts or successes had been made. It's not likely at all that ONLY the Russians were into those systems. And the only one of the 3 that had "the good stuff" on Clinton was Podesta's phone. And maybe the other "not publicly released" classified info that came from Clintons' "security workaround" server. But her lawyers and contractors damaged the evidence so badly on that one, that no can assess how many unauthorized leaks there were on that system.
Media and govt are wrapping all of these together in attempt to confuse folks..
The problem was -- DNC and Clinton and Podesta did not LISTEN to security advice. There's your fundamental issue..
That is A fundamental issue. Among others. I can't see all 17 intelligence agencies colluding to pinpoint Russia if they didn't have substantial evidence - they're notoriously cagy about committing to something like that. No one is saying it was ONLY Russia - but that the evidence points to Russia.
Obama has often been criticized of being slow to react. As we have seen sometimes he waits months for evidence before he reacts to anything, almost like he has to be convinced 100% of something before he'll make a move.
This is historic, it is the most severe sanction against Russia since the Cuban missile crisis. Republicans are promising more sanctions.
Clearly Putin did not expect this kind of reaction. If he would have foresaw this, he would have never done it. Russia has never intervened into our election process before, but they have done major damage with hacking into the
Pentagon recently, almost bringing the U.S. Military down.
Putin got into the Joint Chiefs of staffs emails. Putin is former KGB, he's a spy.
Russian hack almost brought the U.S. military to its knees
Trump and his physco-babble interpreters that have surrounded him through-out this campaign are now in a position of arguing with the entire U.S. Senate--the intelligence committee there, 17 different intelligence agencies, including the CIA & the FBI. His lazy fair attitude, well I'll see if I can make it to an intelligence briefing next week, when there is one held daily, everyday at 9 a.m., that he has refused to attend. Even at one time stating he didn't need to be there. He made a statement that he knows more than our generals do because he watches T.V. shows. Obviously he believes that.
So what kind of a President do Trump supporters think they're getting? Right now there isn't a General/Admiral or anyone in military uniform in this country that respects him. The Joint Chiefs of Staff that depend on our intelligence agencies to advise the POTUS.
It's really incomprehensible to imagine that Donald Trump will be the Commander and Chief of this country and will have nuclear codes in hand. You have the entire Senate going against him. They aren't going to protect him. Trump and his supporters have made so many Republican enemies in both houses, they aren't going to work with someone who denies this kind of intelligence, nor respect him. He is clearly not qualified to be President of the United States.
Graham: 99 percent of senators believe Russia interfered in election
And you all knew this long before you voted for this T.V. reality star. Now you own this nightmare.
