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Russian Hacking Hysteria
Frontpage ^ | December 13, 2016 | Matthew Vadum

Posted on 12/13/2016 12:26:33 AM PST by detective

All this talk of a vast Russian conspiracy to hack U.S. computer networks to put Donald Trump in the White House is difficult to believe.   It may turn out to be true that somebody either hacked the Democratic National Committee or leaked emails from inside the DNC to expose Democrats’ dirty tricks against the Trump campaign. Among those illicit operations were the effort to foment violence at Trump campaign rallies, rigging the Democrat primaries against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and the leaking of debate questions by then-CNN pundit and now acting DNC chairman Donna Brazile.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: 2016electionhack; 2016trumprussiahack; clinton; electoralcollege; media; pelosidaughter; trump; wikileaks
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The false narrative about Russian hacking has reached the stage of total hysteria.
1 posted on 12/13/2016 12:26:33 AM PST by detective
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Kill the alleged messenger.


2 posted on 12/13/2016 12:32:41 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

And that is to quote, not a request ;)


3 posted on 12/13/2016 12:33:44 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: detective

“Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad”


4 posted on 12/13/2016 12:33:47 AM PST by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth.)
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To: detective

5 posted on 12/13/2016 12:33:57 AM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: detective

It is like everything else the liberals have trotted out for the last 5 administrations.

Total bunk. The thing is, up until now, NOBODY dared to stand up and say that. Nobody. Not one Republican. Not one person, anywhere. For years, and years, and years everyone on “our side” has been FROZEN in fear and complete sell-out mode.

Until now. Now finally, we have a real champion. The left is completely freaking out, because Trump is standing up, saying things, and Americans are PAYING ATTENTION.

How long have we been intimidated? I think at very least, for the entire last generation.

Now we finally have a real leader.

The left is completely, totally freaked out. The thing is, the completely earned it.

Totally.


6 posted on 12/13/2016 12:34:28 AM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: detective

If one were to follow along with this narrative...then would it also not make sense that in 2012, 2008, and so on...that the Russians also were involved to ensure that President Obama, President Bush, and President Clinton were also part of some Russian agenda effort as well?

You can take this to the ninth-degree. Could the Today Show be a propaganda effort by the KGB? Could Rush Limbaugh be a Soviet agent? Could the Kardashians be part of some Moscow conspiracy?


7 posted on 12/13/2016 12:34:56 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: detective

If one were to follow along with this narrative...then would it also not make sense that in 2012, 2008, and so on...that the Russians also were involved to ensure that President Obama, President Bush, and President Clinton were also part of some Russian agenda effort as well?

You can take this to the ninth-degree. Could the Today Show be a propaganda effort by the KGB? Could Rush Limbaugh be a Soviet agent? Could the Kardashians be part of some Moscow conspiracy?


8 posted on 12/13/2016 12:34:59 AM PST by pepsionice
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Dunno. Many people point out that McCarthy’s apprehension of a threat was quite correct (even if he chose a very wrongheaded way to address it).

Could Russians be meddling in US affairs for quite a long time, by various means, with various degrees of success?

Maybe.


9 posted on 12/13/2016 12:40:53 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: GraceG

It is not the CIA. It’s WaPo manufacturing sources and the drive-by’s falling hysterically in line.


10 posted on 12/13/2016 12:56:32 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: detective

The idea that the Russians would help Trump MAGA is preposterous.

No, they want us weak. If they are influencing our elections at all, they are helping leftists like Clinton, who bleed us dry at home through open borders, gun control, job killing regulation and wealth redistribution, and weaken us abroad through bad trade deals and misguided military adventurism.


11 posted on 12/13/2016 12:59:28 AM PST by enumerated
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"....20lb bag of catnip...4 playboy...2 empty shoe boxes...6 fake dog doo piles.....and then we blame the Russians"

12 posted on 12/13/2016 1:02:12 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: detective

The media needs a hysterectomy.


13 posted on 12/13/2016 1:06:02 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: pepsionice

Well, Hussein is run by the Muzzie Broz.


14 posted on 12/13/2016 1:09:01 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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The media needs a hysterectomy enema.
Fixed.
15 posted on 12/13/2016 1:13:23 AM PST by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: detective
Here's the story from 2015. The New York Times, interestingly. The talking heads on our side need to point this out.
16 posted on 12/13/2016 1:13:45 AM PST by Ymani Cricket (Pressure makes diamonds - General Patton)
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To: Ymani Cricket
oops. forgot link. Try this again. Here's the story from 2015. The New York Times, interestingly. The talking heads on our side need to point this out.

Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal

17 posted on 12/13/2016 1:16:07 AM PST by Ymani Cricket (Pressure makes diamonds - General Patton)
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To: detective
Found the Russian hacker. Here is an image of him. Last name appears to be Goldstein, I think. So the Jews are working for the Russians. Better let Michael Moore know.
18 posted on 12/13/2016 1:27:08 AM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: pepsionice

And what about Pee-Wee Herman? Huh?


19 posted on 12/13/2016 1:33:04 AM PST by Bullish
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To: enumerated

The most likely and obvious scenario due to all the huge volume of emails is that it was most likely someone from inside the NSA. It would be no problem for them at all.


20 posted on 12/13/2016 1:48:45 AM PST by jsanders2001
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