Posted on 12/29/2016 4:06:52 PM PST by SkyPilot
President Obama’s punishment of Russia for allegedly hacking the emails of Democratic Party operatives to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election ignores at least two important facts.
For one, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose hacktivist organization released the thousands of emails that shed damaging light on Hillary Clinton and her allies, denied the Russians were the source.
In addition, the Obama administration has developed a reputation for manipulating intelligence for political purposes.
The administration announced Thursday that through an executive order, Obama sanctioned two of Russia’s intelligence services, the GRU and FSB, and declared 35 Russian intelligence operatives “persona non grata” in the U.S. Also, the U.S. is shutting down Russian compounds in Maryland and New York.
‘Personal beef’
Earlier this month, in a speech to donors in New York City, Hillary Clinton blamed her defeat on Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming “a personal beef” with her prompted him to meddle in the U.S. presidential election.
“Vladimir Putin himself directed the covert cyber attacks against our electoral system, against our democracy, apparently because he has a personal beef against me,” Clinton said. ”He is determined not only to score a point against me but also undermine our democracy.”
Clinton claimed that Russia had hacked both the Democratic National Committee and her campaign chairman, John Podesta, and released the emails to Wikileaks in a plot to boost Trump.
Clinton called for Congress to set up a commission similar to the commission set up after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.
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Put Obama on a remote island with a golf course and put Biden in charge until Trump gets sworn in.
Save America.
Now who should I believe. Assange, who has been correct 100% of the time or His Arrogance who lies 100% of the time?
The problem here is that Obama prefers to use our Spec Ops. Those guys usually have no idea what or who they are attacking. They just get coordinates and are told what to destroy. A couple have told me they had no idea what they were actually attacking until they read about it later.
USG has been filling up with evil people for some time now. Odd that so few USAians have caught to the unmistakable changes. Corruption on a scale, not thought possible in USA. Guess 50 years of communist education, er, progressive/socialist/Democrat schools and professors may have sealed USAs fate. Not a clue remaining in the over stimulated minds.
We paid for our own destruction; i.e., they took our tax and borrowed dollars, and built the insane asylum we now live in.
There is no extent to which this bastard will not go, even risking war with Russia to perpetuate his lies.
One wonders if the Russians haven’t really hacked Obama’s Blackberry...
This situation is beginning to alarm me. Ryan and McCain and Graham are rushing in where angels fear to tread. I wonder if there is anyone around that will stop Obama. There is no telling what he has in mind.
As with all political intrigue, the real motive behind all this is being kept out of sight. That strange look on Hillary’s face while being driven around must have been fear. Looks like someone knows something.
The Russians are so far only using taunts. Who would have ever believed that it is the Kremlin that is being stable minded.
A congressional investigation is sorely needed.
And the report just released mentions the word “election” 3 times (16 pages single-spaced) and none of them are statements declaring it being hacked. The report could have been written about any number of countries (China for instance) and even about us....
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