It’s common enough for the Trump Administration to dismiss credible reports on US activities from US news sources. When President Trump gets directly involved, however, and does so with extreme fury, it suggests the story may be worth taking a closer look at.
This weekend, that’s centered on the New York Times breaking a story about US cyberattacks. The report quotes officials who say that the US is conducting cyberattacks aggressively, particularly against Russia, and particularly against the Russian electrical grid.
The report goes on to suggest that the US is placing malware across vital Russian systems, allowing them to conduct devastating infrastructure attacks at a moment’s notice if the administration is so inclined.
This is an entirely credible report, because US officials have openly been talking about the need to “go on the offensive” in cyberspace for years, and this comes not so long after reports of offensive US cyberattacks against Russia during the mid-term elections.
President Trump’s reaction goes beyond all bounds of reality, declaring the New York Times “THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!” and suggesting that even publishing the story was “a virtual act of Treason.” He went on to accuse the New York Times of being willing to publish any story “even if bad for our Country.”
Trump’s tirade raged on through the weekend, with talk of the New York Times’ dishonesty culminating in him postulating about a time six years in the future when both they and the Washington Post are “forever gone,” and where everything is so great that his supports insist he remain in office beyond his two-term limit.
Such flights of fancy aren’t entirely noteworthy in and of themselves, but that the article on US cyberattacks started the whole thing certainly underscores that this was a report the president didn’t want getting out.
That surely would make this high crime and treason . Look what our government is trying to do to Julian Assange suggesting 170 year prison on top of the time he has already been locked up . I havn’i noticed the NYT comming to Assange defense , because he was reporting the truth . So I suppose NYT will get off scott free like Chicago’s Somolet because he was telling lies . Evidently it is the truth that our government does not want us to hear .
Cyber attacks against Iran nuclear weapons program would be acceptable to me ,But not attacks against Venezuela or Russia’s electrical grid because they voted for a socialist . If our government can’t let us learn the truth we best get rid of our government . I have been a Trump supporter but if he is going to try keep us in the dark like the last few administrations did what our government is doing in my name is important to me . I’am in favor of getting to the bottom of this NYT story just like Iam in favor of dropping all charges against all whistler blower and journalists . A free press for a ree people .
I wouldn’t be shocked if this were true.
Who created the infamous Stuxnet virus to target Iran (and North Korea)–a virus that subsequently found its way into the broader internet.
America and Israel.
Moreover, as revealed by the Edward Snowden leaks, America has been aggressively hacking and engaging in cyber attacks for years, long before the so-called Russiagate hysteria.