I’ve made several attempts at writing out the events of Russiagate, usually failing after several hours. Should I cover it chronologically? It quickly becomes dense and hard to follow. The most important events seem to blend into the background of all the details.
Yeah, the DNC hack just reeks. Two other related things come to mind. First, wasn't Cozy Bear already on their system from like fall of 2015? Why no action there?
Second, is that Clapper evidently said in an interview that in early August 2016 that Obama basically directed everyone to go all out to investigate and Russian election meddling. That was, of course, immediately after Brennan briefed Obama about having intercepted a Russian communication showing that they knew about Hillary's swift boat plan. That basically had the effect of giving the DNC "Russian/Fancy Bear Hack" an imprimatur of legitimacy and simultaneously blowing so much other "Russian" smoke out there that no one could see the forest for the trees.
BTW-- anyone have a copy of that Clapper article/statement or remember where it came from? I want it for my "library."
Yeah, the DNC hack just reeks. Two other related things come to mind. First, wasn't Cozy Bear already on their system from like fall of 2015? Why no action there?
Second, is that Clapper evidently said in an interview that in early August 2016 that Obama basically directed everyone to go all out to investigate and Russian election meddling. That was, of course, immediately after Brennan briefed Obama about having intercepted a Russian communication showing that they knew about Hillary's swift boat plan. That basically had the effect of giving the DNC "Russian/Fancy Bear Hack" an imprimatur of legitimacy and simultaneously blowing so much other "Russian" smoke out there that no one could see the forest for the trees.
BTW-- anyone have a copy of that Clapper article/statement or remember where it came from? I want it for my "library."