01-30-2018, 02:59 PM
(01-30-2018, 02:42 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: 1. Most of that was covered under social media posting I mentioned.
Which was an attempt to undermine our democracy. Democracy relies on an informed public, which is why media in Russia is so government controlled. By engaging in these misinformation campaigns it is influencing the elections because people aren't smart enough (or are too lazy) to see through it.
(01-30-2018, 02:42 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: 2. Supporting alt right is a stretch considering they paid for ads for BLM.
So housing servers, providing financial support, and actually providing sanctuary to some of the alt-right trolls like Andrew Anglin don't count as supporting? BLM ads were paid for in attempt to throw that movement off, but they actually gave tangible support to the alt-right.
(01-30-2018, 02:42 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: 3. On the emails to the campaign.... that is interesting but I wonder what is under the SOP on this stuff. Obama did the same for Netanyahu’s challenger in Israel. Not saying it’s right but this needs looked into. Personally I don’t like it either way.
So we agree it's wrong.
(01-30-2018, 02:42 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: 4. What illegal means? Pedesta gave up his email password. If you are talking about the DNC, then that speaks to their cyber security that the fbi asked to come in and help but the DNC refused whereas the RNC accepted. That is probably a DNC issue as much as anything. So yes their incompetence led to the Russians getting their information.
Yes please go on. I will give you #4 and partial on #3.
Hacking is illegal. They hacked the DNC, they also attempted to hack government servers on numerous occasions. None of the rest of what you say here is relevant. They performed state sanctioned hacking, obtaining information used to then influence the election.
I'm not going to bother going on. We know what they did, it is sanction worthy. They intend to do it again because Trump is weak and not willing to actually punish them for their transgressions.
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