Sunday, December 18, 2016

From Russia, with love

As the “news” about Russia’s supposed hacking of DNC computers (thereby helping Trump win the election) continues to occupy the tiny minds of the Left, I think a few things are worth considering:

1.     There’s STILL no evidence, other than circumstantial. According to the New York Times, the CIA report, while suggesting that Russia was behind the hack, admitted to operating on information gathered before the election. No new information, developed post-election, was part of their suggestion; which begs the question: why, then, wait until AFTER the election to reveal this news? Also, the CIA’s “findings” are based on circumstantial evidence (again, according to the CIA and New York Times). http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/11/us/politics/cia-judgment-intelligence-russia-hacking-evidence.html?_r=0

2.     Since Liberals’ have memories similar to dogs…about two minutes…they seem to have forgotten that Hillary, while at the State Department, used a personal, UNSECURED, server. Along with sending and receiving marked classified documents, she also used here server while conducting Clinton Foundation business. And, oh yeah….she also used it for Yoga info and Chelsea’s wedding. It seems quite reasonable to assume that she ALSO used her server in communications with……the DNC; very likely, at the HIGHEST levels (let’s face it: if she didn’t care about unsecured classified documents, she certainly wouldn’t care about any information she might share with the DNC (and, since she IS a Clinton, I’m confident that she had access to ALL DNC information….). So, there exists AS MUCH circumstantial evidence that Hillary, herself, was the cause of the leaks.

3.     There also exists the possibility that the leaks were a result of an inside job. While I can’t imagine that anyone working for Hillary would have cause to dislike her…..she’s regarded as such a kind, warm, loving, giving person to her staff…there may be that one person, or lots of people, who’d work to submarine her efforts. (Her security detail says that being assigned to “Hillary duty” was a form of punishment…..but what do they know!)

4.     Recounts have found……NOTHING. Well, that is to say, nothing that points to Russian interference in the election itself. The recount HAS, though, found significant voter fraud in Wayne County, Michigan (which, BTW, is a Democrat stronghold). Stay tuned on this one, folks….what has been a news favorite for Liberal media for the past couple weeks is about to disappear.

The two big points:
5.     IF it is true that Russia was involved in the hack, at the direction of Putin, with Trump playing a direct role, and IF proof exists of this, then the CIA, Obama and the Liberal media have put lives in danger. Specifically, they’ve now revealed Intelligence assets which, in order to gather THAT level of confirmed information, are VERY highly placed and close to the source: Vladimir Putin. Whether sigint (signal intelligence) or humint (human intelligence), these assets are now known to Russian Intelligence agencies. If humint, those assets are now compromised and may lose their lives. If sigint, THOSE assets are now compromised and, when found, will likely lead to whomever placed them. In addition, when found, the methods of placing those assets will also be known.

6.     Has Russia, in the past, worked to influence political movements in our country? You bet. Remember the (now) famous case of Ted Kennedy striking a deal with the USSR? He (Kennedy) promised to trade information which would help the Soviets in their negotiations with President Reagan in exchange for assistance during the 1984 Presidential campaign and election. http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/27/ted-kennedy-soviet-union-ronald-reagan-opinions-columnists-peter-robinson.html.
Remember the McCarthy years? Although it’s pretty much never mentioned, McCarthy’s investigations found MANY instances of Soviet Communist influence, as well as uncovering American political groups, sympathetic to the USSR.
There is a CLEAR track record of Russian/Soviet attempts to influence the politics in America. BUT, interestingly, nearly all, is not ALL, involved Democrat (“Progressive”) groups. So, perhaps the Democrats are deeply concerned that the Russians, now, might be dumping them because they think they’ve found a new sweetheart.

The bottom line is this:

Until proven otherwise, there, currently, is no “there” there. This is just more of what Liberals do: make stuff up and hope there are enough breathtakingly ignorant people, unconcerned with facts, to bring it off. And, in doing so, can revise a bit more of their own history.

Hirota

December 2016

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