White House: Putin authorized election cyberattacks; US will respond with action

[Evernessince]

Wasn't it a gmail account that was hacked that lead to the leak of the Podesta Emails? "Only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities." Really? It does not take the backing of a president to hack an email account. What about Clinton's personal email server? Now what if the FBI was able to find Clinton's emails when they looked? But team Clinton was like nothing to see here and the FBI said, oh there's nothing here... Then Wikileaks is like here it is. The fact is that what damaged the Clinton campaign was what was in the emails. The things herself and Democrats in her circle said in those emails. Russia didn't say those things in the emails or generate any fake emails...

The Podesta emails were the result of Podesta leaving his smartphone in a cab. The Red Narrative is about the Clinton server. The illegal unencrypted server that anyone else would have gone to prison for.

Um, wrong. The Podesta emails were the result of a phishing hack.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/13/13940514/dnc-email-hack-typo-john-podesta-clinton-russia
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/310234-typo-may-have-caused-podesta-email-hack

FYI, the Clinton server wasn't illegal, just against protocol. Stop sensationalizing something you don't know about. At worst they give you a slap on the wrist for using your own server.

 

[davislane1]

Um, wrong. The Podesta emails were the result of a phishing hack.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/13/13940514/dnc-email-hack-typo-john-podesta-clinton-russia
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/310234-typo-may-have-caused-podesta-email-hack

FYI, the Clinton server wasn't illegal, just against protocol. Stop sensationalizing something you don't know about. At worst they give you a slap on the wrist for using your own server.

One the 1st point: I stand corrected.

On the 2nd point: It was illegal. It was a violation of the secrets act, among other things. The only thing sensational is that they let her slide...twice.

 

[mcborge]

And I'm sitting here in Canada up to my neck in snow wondering why my balls are so cold.

Get some snow shoe stilts and a pair of heated under crackers and you'll be fine.

 

[ddferrari]

So Russia *may have* influenced the public's opinion of Hillary by making her look bad... but isn't that exactly what almost every American media outlet was doing to Trump?

 

[JamesSWD]

Do they have any evidence to back this up? It's all "Suggested", "Must've" and "It's a Fact".
Just calling something a Fact without any proof is just nonsense. I'm not necessarily a Trump fan or anything but now it's getting silly, Well, it was already silly, now it's getting to the point it's nearly all made up rubbish.

if the president says it's fact then it is until proven otherwise. he has access to the most secret documents available from the CIA and FBI.

Wrong. Nothing is truth just because the President says so. That's sheep thinking. The CIA has even admitted that they have no direct evidence.

 

[Trillionsin]

Do they have any evidence to back this up? It's all "Suggested", "Must've" and "It's a Fact".
Just calling something a Fact without any proof is just nonsense. I'm not necessarily a Trump fan or anything but now it's getting silly, Well, it was already silly, now it's getting to the point it's nearly all made up rubbish.

if the president says it's fact then it is until proven otherwise. he has access to the most secret documents available from the CIA and FBI.

That logic is heavily flawed.

There's so much flawed logic in here, it makes my head hurt.

 

[Makson]

Do they have any evidence to back this up? It's all "Suggested", "Must've" and "It's a Fact".
Just calling something a Fact without any proof is just nonsense. I'm not necessarily a Trump fan or anything but now it's getting silly, Well, it was already silly, now it's getting to the point it's nearly all made up rubbish.

if the president says it's fact then it is until proven otherwise. he has access to the most secret documents available from the CIA and FBI.

The FBI, CIA have to follow orders, why do you think Hillary was let off the hook....... Barkbak Obummer gave the order.
Obama and Clinton H, are the lowest of low crooks ever to inhabit and spread poison all over the USA.

 

[pit1209]

Its ridiculous how many trump supporters are on this website, I mean, I understand that you dont believe in the governments "facts" but when the FBI was accusing HRC about the emails all the republicans and even some democrats were raising their voices about how corrupt HRC can be and now that the CIA, FBI and DNI said that russia hacked the elections to help a candidate that was publicly known to have good relations with putin that is BS, cmon this is serious, stop being so fools that the real size of this matter escapes your logical thinking.

 

[Makson]

Its ridiculous how many trump supporters are on this website, I mean, I understand that you dont believe in the governments "facts" but when the FBI was accusing HRC about the emails all the republicans and even some democrats were raising their voices about how corrupt HRC can be and now that the CIA, FBI and DNI said that russia hacked the elections to help a candidate that was publicly known to have good relations with putin that is BS, cmon this is serious, stop being so fools that the real size of this matter escapes your logical thinking.

There is no logic in a report saying that Putin's people hacked an election. If there was some kind of hack then the FBI, CIA and other brainwashed lovers of Barack Hillary Obama Clinton who have 'THE FACTS', then it proves the hackers are smarter than all USA Security Services, having them believe it was created by Putin's hackers.
Think outside the square, THAT"S where the 'facts' are, Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, and smarter than the average FBI CIA, DNI, et al..

 

[Wendig0]

Do they have any evidence to back this up? It's all "Suggested", "Must've" and "It's a Fact".
Just calling something a Fact without any proof is just nonsense. I'm not necessarily a Trump fan or anything but now it's getting silly, Well, it was already silly, now it's getting to the point it's nearly all made up rubbish.

if the president says it's fact then it is until proven otherwise. he has access to the most secret documents available from the CIA and FBI.

You must be talking about all of the times Obama said, "I found out about [insert random world event here] on the news at the same time you did", right?

 

[trajan2050]

Ridiculous article. "CIA " was Director Brennan appointed by Obama was Obama's campaign advisor. The FBI and NSA did not agree with him and WikiLeaks Founder Assange denied any Russian involvement. Btw, the number one hacker on the planet is the US.

 

[Uncle Al]

OK, who let the wanna-be English tutor onto this board?!?!?!?!

 

[PrimateGod]

Who operates this site?? Are they REALLY oblivious to the Russian trolls posting biased links??

 

[bluto 2050]

I really hope they have some solid evidence to back this accusation up or its gonna really blow up in their face. It already is but this is something that can make their party sink lower then ever. Basically what they thought would happen to the GOP because of Trump.

BHO and the liberals have gone beyond delusional narcissism and Obama ,Hillary Clinton and Kerrys delusional legacy's of ruin to reckless endangerment like what we had with ICBM's in Cuba in 1962 ☺

 

[bluto 2050]

Who operates this site?? Are they REALLY oblivious to the Russian trolls posting biased links??

again ....BHO and the liberals have gone beyond delusional narcissism and Obama ,Hillary Clinton and Kerrys delusional legacy's of ruin to reckless endangerment like what we had with ICBM's in Cuba in 1962 ,

BHO and long before him should have taken cyber security seriously long before this anyway .

BHO has been dismissive about Putin,ISLAMISTS and ISIS since day one anyway .

BHO needs to STFU and so do the politicized intelligence and FBI tools and let Trump and his more competent people sort all this out .

Hillary Clinton's and the DNC corruption ,reckless and the possible criminal behavior started all this party anyway ☺

 

[bluto 2050]

Ridiculous article. "CIA " was Director Brennan appointed by Obama was Obama's campaign advisor. The FBI and NSA did not agree with him and WikiLeaks Founder Assange denied any Russian involvement. Btw, the number one hacker on the planet is the US.

EXACLTY,, this is a delusional but dangerous liberal democrat & narcissistic BHO scam everybody been hacking each other for decades and Wiki Leak has been truthful all along anyway but USG IT is mostly wholly incompetent , they don't pay like the private sector they would have to pay G-15 pay grade ,manager level pay, to compete with the private IT sector........ Clinton and the DNC recklessness started this party away !

 

[bluto 2050]

So Russia *may have* influenced the public's opinion of Hillary by making her look bad... but isn't that exactly what almost every American media outlet was doing to Trump?

Clinton didn't need any help to look bad ...........she's been a lying grifter and a thief since Watergate but the liberal media wasn't talking about all that

 

[bluto 2050]

You must be talking about all of the times Obama said, "I found out about [insert random world event here] on the news at the same time you did", right?

EXACLY

 

[Webman1956]

Everyone needs to quit worrying about Clinton ,Trump and Obama. Putin is bad news for the world and should be taken seriously for the thug he is. He wanted Trump to win the election because in his mind it makes America weaker. The Trump and Clinton debate is just petty stuff and Putin is bad news.

 

[davislane1]

Everyone needs to quit worrying about Clinton ,Trump and Obama. Putin is bad news for the world and should be taken seriously for the thug he is. He wanted Trump to win the election because in his mind it makes America weaker. The Trump and Clinton debate is just petty stuff and Putin is bad news.

Yes, yes. Putin wants to take authority over the world, obliterate every nation's borders, and force his agenda down everyone's throat all whilst sending weapons and money to third world rebels to overthrow tyrannical governments and send large swathes of affected populations to the afore mentioned newly borderless nati....

Oh wait, that's the U.N.

 

[captaincranky]

Well, if the Russians were behind the hacking of the DNC, it seems to me they did the US people a service, exposing what was going on there.

Accordingly, Donald Trump was only done a favor by extension, if the hack benefited him as well.

The timing of the release of all this "evidence", is as suspect as any political maneuver by any president I have seen in my lifetime. The electoral college is going to meet this week, and Obama blows up all this bullsh!t.

Of course the heads of all the intelligence agencies are going to back him up. He gave most of them their jobs.

As far as head bullsh!t artist in the Obama household, that would be our FLOTUS. She's giving her last interview to, who else, but Oprah Winfrey. Even the snippets from the forthcoming re-envisioning of "Roots", were tinged with bitterness and racism. Face it, if you want racial overtones slapped on any topic, the first person to call is Oprah. Now it seems Michelle was pissing and moaning to Oprah about "how we have no hope now". And blunt shot at Trump's election.

I also caught Obama's "last press conference". First he blamed the press for blowing the DNC hack out of proportion. And then he went on about Aleppo. He said, "the Russians and the Iranians(!), were committing international war crimes at Aleppo"!

So, the Russians are actually doing the US a favor killing all the insurgents they can. The US had the opportunity to arm those rebels. In fact, they were begging for our help. The US position, (under Obama), was that we didn't know whether they'd become our friends or terrorist enemies if they prevailed. So, Obama withheld aid to the rebel forces.

Fast forward to the "last press conference", with Obama indicting Russia and Iran for war crimes.

Excuse me, but isn't Obama the self same person that lifted all the sanctions on Iran, and bragged about it s a triumph of diplomacy? The sooner this guy is sent back to the Chicago ghetto from whence he came, the better off we'll all be.

I don't know if Trump's rule will amount to good or evil, but since he's white, I'm sure people will vote their consciences four years from now, instead of mindlessly going to the polls and casting a black vote for a black candidate.

 

[Nero7]

I'd just like to add something that I think is logic.

When they say the Russians hacked the elections, that means those services and the government has failed in providing safe and correct elections. They didn't do their job correctly apparently or they were either weak or incompetent. Ensuring that the election goes smooth is part of their job.

So the government failed. Hillary is part of the government no? So she failed too since she's a part of it.

The reputation of the democratic process of the USA has taken great damage. Even in Switzerland people are laughing about it.

Finally lets totally and absolutely ignore that the USA had their hands in pretty much every election out there. The Polish are digging out the dead from the plane crash again btw.

 

[bluto 2050]

Yes, yes. Putin wants to take authority over the world, obliterate every nation's borders, and force his agenda down everyone's throat all whilst sending weapons and money to third world rebels to overthrow tyrannical governments and send large swathes of affected populations to the afore mentioned newly borderless nati....

Oh wait, that's the U.N.

EXACTLY re: BREXIT and Trump handed the globalists they azzezz and maybe trump will keep raising the rent there then evict the thieving UN beggars ,despots and crooks when they cant pay and put some condo's up there in 8 years ......make the bastids pay manhatten rent market rates rates per SQ foot or GTFO ☺☺!

 

[bluto 2050]

 

[cliffordcooley]

This is all water under the bridge now.