The “evidence” that Russia was behind the hacking of Democratic Party targets ahead of the 2016 US election appears as flimsy as ever, as officials start to let out what appears to have been the cornerstone of their entire narrative, that Russia was happy Trump won the election.
Officials conceded today that the important evidence that let to their “conclusion” only came after the election was already finished, by way of explaining why they didn’t make such accusations before the vote, and the Washington Post report quotes senior officials as saying a major part of that conclusion was intercepted communications showing Russia was happy with the outcome.
Which seems like it would’ve gone without saying, as Hillary Clinton made hostility toward Russia and accusing them of plotting against her the centerpiece of her campaign, labeling Trump a “puppet” and vowing military retaliation against Russia for it once she won. By contrast, Trump advocated a rapprochement with Russia, so it seems like it’s a given Russia would be happy the person who wasn’t going to attack them won.
It also wasn’t exactly a secret, with Russian officials publicly praising the election as the American voters “rejecting war” in favor of a chance at diplomacy. While all this was going on, officials saw the obvious Russian reaction as supporting the conclusion they wanted to reach months prior.
While Clinton’s hostility toward Russia does predate the hacking allegations, it became a much bigger deal, and a major part of her campaign after the DNC hack, which only added to Russia’s concerns that a Clinton Administration would be picking fights with them. The sigh of relief when that didn’t end up happening is so far the only “evidence” we’ve been given, even though Russia doubtless would be glad of a Clinton loss whether they interfered in the vote or not.
The standard for what constitutes evidence is falling as fast as the IQ of US “senior officials.”
Constitutional republic is,…..where only the legal citizens can vote in the elections.
Democracy is…. where illegals/non-citizens can also vote in the elections.
look it up.,,,,
Trump needs to purge these scum.
a major part of that conclusion was intercepted communications showing Russia was happy with the outcome.
WTF?
Intercepted communications — Yes that’s hacking ~!!!
In any case, there was no hack, the info was leaked.
That caught my eye immediately. What balls we have.
That’s what being ”exceptional” is all about.
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.~~~ George Orwell~~~
Scientific method should be revised to incorporate this superior type of evidence.
In other words they have no evidence.
14 more days till we find out if the POTUS is in control of us foreign policy.
How you put this russian happiness with the outcome in words has a huge impact on the interpretation. When it’s just being happy it means nothing. As soon as you hear ‘boasting’ then everything changes because now the happiness becomes a claim for being responsible for Trump’s victory . And boasting is exactly the interpretation I see in my local press(which fully relies on secondhand information).
Good point! But it might be too complicated for most. And of course, there’s always the fact that most on this board are not all that interested in good points all that much.
luv from Canada.
Well you know how it works, the smart posters are always just lurking out there, and once they see good posts they’ll join in . So you know what to do 🙂
The story is that the evidence can’t be revealed because it could allow Russia to prevent us from acquiring more garbage, superficial, meaningless intercepted info from them in the future.
Jason Ditz, the stock photos are poison politics. Maybe have enough confidence in your audience that they understand what’s going on without needing the stock photos?
why is anyone still reading the FAKE NEWS washington compost?
they just never know when to stop these lies. this is why the american don’t have any faith in our so called “officials”
This is fantastic! Did I get this — the knowledge of the happiness of Russian officials at the outcome of the election — was the result of intercepted communications? Did they mean to say — from the millions of social media traffic, to the loud roar accross Atlantic and Pacific, to dancing in the streets. It was mighty easy to intercept those!
There were many places on earth where the populace was divided over US elections. Take Bosnia, for example. The Moslem dominated half, the nation Clinton built, was in deep mourning. Everywhere in Balkans capitals, a pious expectation of Clinton win, turnrd into disbelief. With one exception — another half of Bosnia, a perrenially in the dog house Christian Serb entity, with a president that defied of late the diktat by Clintonite mondialists in Europe and Obama’s globalists — presided over entity that was all Trump from the beginning. Guess what — he, the black sheep, is the one invited to the inauguration!
So, the people who were victims of some serious head chopping, will now, twenty years later, be allowed to talk about it. It is very gloomy in Sarajevo and Pristina. Besides Trump’s dislike for nation-building, and endless costs they entail — now they have a furious Turkey breathing down their necks. First, for allowing Gulen Foundation infiltrate education, and for allowing Saudi Takfiri cults take over most of Turkish Sufi mosques. The massive statue of Bill Clinton on Pristina’s main square will not help them!
Well, as long as it is considered legitimate by fake news outlet WAPO … To what pathetic lows the dems will sink is only accomplishing one thing and that is to finish them as a legitimate political party and relegate them to the same standing as the Rhinoceros party, nothing but a not-to-be-taken-seriously joke.
At what point do the morons figure that the hole they are digging is their own grave ?
And the bright side of it all is that the D’s are doing to the R’s about the same the R’s did to the D’s, and especially Obama, in revenge.
I can giggle about it because it’s not my mess but you R’s are going to have to learn to giggle at it too eventually. Cause you just know what’s going to happen to Trump!
The question to ask now is, what it worth it, considering the huge harm it’s going to do to your country. And ya know, if it wasn’t for what the R’s did to Obama, it’s reasonable to think that this whole thing with Russia hating wouldn’t be happening. I can work up an explanation of how that works for you if you want.
luv from Canada.
computers and cyber crime are the new route for politicians to becoming wealthy and $hifting blame .
This exceedingly long interregnum until the new administration is in place provides ample evidence that when liberals have a collective nervous breakdown they drag everyone into it, breaking as much as they can, instead of just resting and coming to terms with reality. The nonsense, tantrums, and downright dangerous international finger pointing are embarassing. To top it all off, we have Joe Biden admonishing Mr Trump to ‘behave like an adult’, while the whole liberal collective are behaving like infants!
The outgoing administration’s Scorched Earth exit is proof that a provision for the quick handover of government is long overdue. Just think, it used to be 4 1/2 months, was reduced to 2 1/2, now how about a week or two? In many or most parliamentary democracies, it can be as little as a day.