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In reply to the discussion: This is forensic! Its indisputable: Former CIA operative slams Trump for dismissing Russian hacks [View all]Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)11. Has Obama changed his position?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/us/politics/hacking-russia-election-fears-barack-obama-donald-trump.html
What kind of hacking is Baer talking about? The stuff that we've known about for months, like the DNC leaks? Fake news? Fake news is nothing new in this country.... Republicans do it constantly!
The recount efforts have generated pushback by experts who said it would be enormously difficult to hack voting machines on a large scale. The administration, in its statement, confirmed reports from the Department of Homeland Security and intelligence officials that they did not see any increased level of malicious cyberactivity aimed at disrupting our electoral process on Election Day.
The administration said it remained confident in the overall integrity of electoral infrastructure, a confidence that was borne out. It added: As a result, we believe our elections were free and fair from a cybersecurity perspective.
What kind of hacking is Baer talking about? The stuff that we've known about for months, like the DNC leaks? Fake news? Fake news is nothing new in this country.... Republicans do it constantly!
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This is forensic! Its indisputable: Former CIA operative slams Trump for dismissing Russian hacks [View all]
deminks
Dec 2016
OP
thanks for that perspective... personally, I have no clue how to evaluate this stuff
Fast Walker 52
Dec 2016
#23
This is false on its face, .. that's like saying climate scientist disagree... SOME climate scientis
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#32
A herd of millions. FFS, where do we live now. I expect Alex Jones to soon be the lead on Fox News,
RKP5637
Dec 2016
#27
This link has nothing to do with this hack, but everything to do with the hackers
HoneyBadger
Dec 2016
#31
See Putin's yooooge party tonight to celebrate putting his lackey Trump in the WH.
keithbvadu2
Dec 2016
#34