The Russian Election Hacking Case Is Getting Murkier

Investor's Business Daily ^ | 1/3/2017 | Staff

[IBD editorial writer]

Cybersecurity: President Obama's decision to expel Russian diplomats for interfering with the U.S. election is starting to look like "Alice in Wonderland"-style justice: sentence first, verdict afterward. Even some liberals are starting to wonder if the evidence against Russia holds water.

Late last week, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a joint report that supposedly tied the Russian government into the release of hacked Democratic National Committee documents.

But it didn't provide any such evidence. Instead, it simply listed tools used to carry out the attack, and asserted that Russia must have been the ones who used them.

Then it devoted eight of the report's 13 pages to offering tips on how to prevent future cyberattacks.

The problem is that the code identified in the report is "an outdated malware developed by Ukrainians that can be downloaded online," according to the conservative news site the Daily Caller. In other words, anyone could have used it.

[AFreeBird]

Coders reuse code all the time. The source does not matter. Why re-invent the wheel when you don’t have to.

[CommieCutter]

Yep.

[Former Proud Canadian]

I woke up yesterday, flushed the toilet, and it overflowed. No one in the house owned up to plugging it.

I blame the Russians.

[DaveA37]

“Coders reuse code all the time. The source does not matter. Why re-invent the wheel when you don’t have to.”.........

Exactly! The demodummies think they are sooooooooooooo far above anyone else, they couldn’t possibly be wrong.

[Sacajaweau]

Since all these government comp-sci geniuses INFER that it was the Russians..it lends itself to the fact that they (our government) can CREATE documentation to substantiate whatever they say.

The ole...watch what the other hand is doing...

[Louis Foxwell]

When the news is especially bad, find someone to blame, preferably, kill the messenger.

[monkapotamus]

[DaveA37]

“When the news is especially bad, find someone to blame, preferably, kill the messenger.”.........

The method has been perfected by the Clintons over their many years. The last part of that statement is very fitting.

[bray]

So they have no proof the Russians did it.

[COBOL2Java]

So they have no proof the Russians Russian Government did it.

Bit of a clarification.

[TaxPayer2000]

Fake news headline. There was no hacking of the election. Hacking the DNC and others does not equal election hacking.

[zbogwan2]

All we do know is that Democrats — from President Obama on down — have an obvious vested interest in blaming Russia, even if there's little actual evidence to support those accusations.

Obama is the Liar in Chief and has been from day one. Consequently, who believes anything coming from him or his gang anyway?

[Jack Hammer]

Alice in Wonderland is the perfect meme for this nonsense.

[Lou L]

So they have no proof the Russians Russian Government did it.

Exactly. Just as there are teen computer buffs in this country, Russia, and many other countries in the world who like to "hack" into computers for fun, that does not mean there was an orchestrated effort by the Russians to "hack" our election.

I've been saying this all along--the burden of proof is on the Obama administration. They need to put up or shut up.

[Gritty]

... the Obama administration. They need to put up or shut up.

The smart money is betting on "none of the above".

[RideForever]

Question raised in another thread is if WikiLeaks is designed so source of media is untraceable, how can Assange state the identity of any party that did, or did not, submit material to WikiLeaks?

[Scott from the Left Coast]

“Obama is the Liar in Chief and has been from day one. Consequently, who believes anything coming from him or his gang anyway?”

About 60 million left-leaning voters. That’s why Trump will not let their little game stand.