Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking
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Re: Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking
#2This is an interesting internal play for US politicians as well -- it strikes me it's probably harder to remove sanctions and reinstate booted intelligence personnel than it is to choose not to act. I'm curious how the Trump presidency will approach this.
Also in the news today is more strident messaging from Kerry about Israeli settlers -- I wonder if we'll have other moves from the Obama administration before end of term.
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#3So, Clinton was corrupted, and somebody noticed it, and it is Russians who are to blame?
Huh.
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#4The closer we come to the end of the Obama Administration, the more disappointed I have become (and this after having voted for him twice).
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#5So, Clinton was corrupted, and somebody noticed it, and it is Russians who are to blame? Huh.
The non sequitur here is dizzying.
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#6So, Clinton was corrupted, and somebody noticed it, and it is Russians who are to blame? Huh.
I think that's missing the point.
Russia, a state-actor, coordinated an cyber-attack on an American political party. The results of that attack (which weren't particular interesting) are secondary to the attack itself.
The Russians are "to blame" because they're the ones who committed the action.
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#7The closer we come to the end of the Obama Administration, the more disappointed I have become (and this after having voted for him twice).
Are you upset that he is accusing Russia of cyberattacks, or that he's doing something about it?
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#8So, Clinton was corrupted, and somebody noticed it, and it is Russians who are to blame? Huh.
1) I'm not sure the corruption to which you're referring. Does it exist? Probably not.
2) I can't help but notice all your posts sympathize with Russia. You literally don't comment otherwise.
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#9Maybe I'm splitting hairs here, but it does bother anyone that the NYT title calls it "election hacking"? To me that sort of slyly suggests that the actual election / voting process was hacked, which as far as I know did not happen. Perhaps "election-related hacking" would be more accurate. I don't mean to say the DNC and other such hacks weren't a big deal, but I worry that people who just read titles are getting the wrong impression.
Re: Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking
#10The closer we come to the end of the Obama Administration, the more disappointed I have become (and this after having voted for him twice).
Are you upset that he is accusing Russia of cyberattacks, or that he's doing something about it?
A good start would be to provide some evidence.
For now, it's the same 'trust us, the Iraqis have WMDs' again.