“SSS, what is your opinion on Russian Hackers and this entire “act of war” with the election?”
—-card802
Glad you asked, and I’m putting on full body armor to prepare for the idiotic responses from the conspiracy idiots present on this site. My answer to card802’s inquiry is four words. Totally absurd false narrative.
I’ve got bad news for Senator John McCain and his warmongering ilk. The only reason for the VERY EXISTENCE of every foreign intelligence service on the entire planet is to commit espionage. Let me put it into layman’s terms that even McLame can understand. THEY ARE THERE TO STEAL THE OTHER GUY’S SECRETS. And in doing so, those intelligence services are breaking the law because every country on Earth, no exceptions, has a law against espionage. In essence, all foreign intelligence services are criminal organizations, vis a vis espionage laws, and funded by their host governments and manned by their citizens.
I’ve got even worse news for McLame, who is the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. If Vladimir Putin is told by the Russian FSB, formerly KGB, that it has information that could lead to a successful hack of McLame’s computers in his senate office, Putin will say with 100% certainty, “Do it.” 100% certainty. Think of the enormous value of getting into that system and all the defense secrets and planning. Got that, John? If they can steal your shit, they will. You are a much bigger target than the Democrat National Committee.
Now, if that happens, who are you going to go after, Johnny boy? Putin or the tech idiots who set up a vulnerable U.S. Senate computer system for which the taxpayer probably paid tens or hundreds of millions of dollars? I’m going for Door #2. You? Is that another act of war, Senator? Yeah, you’re probably that fucking stupid. In the meantime, Putin has his finger on a global nuclear arsenal. Russia is a nuclear superpower, you idiot. Are you gonna make Putin’s day? Well, are you, punk?
There’s a critical flip-side to spying aka stealing secrets. It’s called counter-intelligence (CI), which is simply to stop the other guy from spying, and every foreign intelligence service devotes considerable resources to CI. We’ve known for decades that computers can be penetrated. Well, duh. It is the job of the USG to stop it, especially its systems containing sensitive information. Do it!!!! Spend the money to stop Putin, the Chinese, and anyone else from breaking into USG government computers.
As for the clueless Democrats, now do you see why you were a snack in Putin’s lunch pail? Of course you don’t.
If the Russians didn’t take the low fruit the Democrats gave them, then shame on Putin. As for me, thank you whoever told U.S. the Truth.
Everyone is trying to steal information from everyone else. Computers have made it much easier to steal more information from farther away than ever before.
I worked for a subsidiary of an international company that made wire for electric motors. Some simpleminded M.B.A. type decided that manufacturing it in China made sense economically; after all, the wages, raw materials and location in Asia meant they could make it for less than they did here.
Six months after our plant opened, so did another, making the same products, using the same technology and methods as our plant; but it was fifty miles down the road, owned as a CHINESE company, and paid us no royalties of any kind. All that intellectual property lost!
If you MUST put company IP or trade secrets on a computer system, make sure that system does NOT reach the Internet! Or be prepared for some “hacker”, theirs, ours or a competitor, to reach out and steal that information from you, lock, stock and barrel, and give you NOTHING for it.
I was the Supply Clerk for the ITT Wire Mill in Cairo Ga (which turned Arizona copper “rod” into all sizes of stranded insulated wire for Ford cars). “Chicago Hqs” moved the whole plant to Matamoros Mexico after 19 years. Guys with 19 years at the plant got 2 months of severance pay and Job Service cross training. The Ga Job Service people in Atlanta agreed with ITT that I was a Supervisor not entitled to Severance, Unemployment or Job Training (I “supervised” only myself). Chicago et all is a nest of vipers.
The whole Russian hacking thing is obvious misdirection to prevent people from looking into the hacked information. It is obvious to any computer security professional that the hack was not done by the Russian government.
John MacAfee does a good job of summarizing why:
Interesting that lib Ed Schultz was the interviewer, effectively tearing down the propaganda of the Obama Intelligence services. Wonder when Schultz landed at RT?
I haven’t seen any real and verifiable evidence it was the Russians that did the hacking and not someone else.
For that matter, what evidence is there that it wasn’t simply an inside job or (successful) Watergate style operation where the computer was physically accessed and the information downloaded to a USB drive?
Way too much of that “trust me!” type of stuff going on by the Russian accusers and not enough hard evidence for me to be accepting anything as true or not true so far.
In any event, the only thing that is being complained about is that the truth was told to the American public, something political leftists and Democrats seem to think is a reprehensible act.
Isn’t it interesting and quite telling that absolutely no one is denying the Truth that has been exposed? Instead, this massive fake nooz thing, Trump hate and Russian hackers 24/7 as a distraction. They protest so much, that it makes me wonder just what other filth and criminality they’re trying to distract from or cover up.
The Oligarch’s game is to blame somebody else and stall until finally something else comes up to distract the Useless Idiots and then close the file and bury it in the historical dustbin just like the Warren Commission, Waco, 9/11, the Weapons of Mass Destruction etc.
@ RHS Jr and james the deplorable
Good start to the comments. You both get it. McLame, Lindsey Graham, Obama, Clinton, and others don’t. Governments and people gonna steal your shit in the cyber world. Simple as that. I’m a simple guy. I like simple.
SSS……I will disagree with you.
These people are not stupid and they know how the game is played. They are well aware that Russia didn’t hack Clinton emails or Podesta computer data. They know the security agencies are lying.
The Defense Dept. has to have a boogeyman.
“the only thing that is being complained about is that the truth was told to the American public, something political leftists and Democrats seem to think is a reprehensible act.”
—-Anon
Excellent comment. No one has doubted the veracity of the hacked emails. They are not fake. They are real. We are better for their existence.
The good news here is that ‘they’ have tried to gin up another boogie man hate session using McCain, Clapper and the usual suspects spouting the usual litany of lies, exaggerated claims and appeals to faux patriotism and it’s falling flat. When asked in poll after poll if we trust Assange or the intelligence “community” to tell the truth the overwhelming choice is Assange. That is very good news and must piss off TPTB something fierce.
SSS,
I don’t know why you’re putting on full body armor. I think you deserve a standing ovation for your answer!
I mean seriously, the McCains of the world act like they were born last night, and all this is brand new. Espionage has been going on since forever, and it made for some excellent Cold War spy novels which I spent most of my young adulthood reading. Or the Spy v. Spy cartoons from Mad Magazine.
The frightening thing, as you point out, Putin has his finger on a rather large nuclear arsenal with the ways and means to deliver to US soil. These idiots act like Russia is some third world shit-hole, with 2 canoes for a navy. Sheesh…do they think they’re going to be exempt from MAD?
I’d bet that the released emails from Podesta & the DNC were an inside job.
However,I would also bet that the Russians along with a bunch of other govts. also have this info.
Here’s an article about Hillary’s server–In 2015 the FBI warned that her emails were vulnerable to foreign govt. espionage–
http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/09/fbi-warned-clinton-emails-were-vulnerable-to-foreign-government-espionage-in-2015/?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=TheDC%20Morning&utm_campaign=TheDC%20Evening
“These idiots act like Russia is some third world shit-hole, with 2 canoes for a navy.”
—-Teri
Beautiful!!!! I’m going to steal that line and not give you credit for it. As a retired CIA officer, it’s what I do.
So that’s where Maggie gets it from.
SSS – so you mean the US hacks, too? I am stunned.
I made a comment the other day that the US also tries to sway elections, in its own interests.
Is that accurate?
Does it matter if Russia Hacked the emails?
Or that they prefer Trump?
Every government on the planet has a preference, what about the Saudis, or the Chinese? Who is pissed about these totalitarian regimes flooding Clinton coffers with hard cash and god knows what else?
Please let the 20th come before these fools get us in real trouble.
You guys are amazing, you held your breath waiting for November and now you are holding your collective breath waiting for the coronation of the Tweeter. I hope you all jack off on that day to release some pressure. Trump is playing you like teenage girls at a Bieber concert, your just creaming your jeans with anticipation.
I hope to see you guys sounding so gushy around 2019.
Look, the government always gives you two choices, a kick in the nuts or a stick in the eye, folks always vote, as expected, for the lesser of two evils. Of course, there are those having second thoughts about that sharp stick.
Whatever, all you’ve done is named the destroyer. Trump or Gozer, same thing. And your sitting before the tube rapt as he installs Trump Inc. in firm control. And they laughed when I suggested Barron Trump would be our president one day. Whose laughing now, bitchez?
I doubt that anyone on here feels that Trump is the savior like the “hope and change” idiot class in the past. However, it is more of a cautious optimism. Look, we had the choice of WWIII with nukes and having all of our school bathrooms turned in to transgender paradises at the behest of a witch that would sell the whole country to the Chinese for the right price, or a business man that may slow the creep and not directly engage us in a war. I chose the latter. All the choices are not great, but the majority of useful idiots in this country would not vote for someone that spoke real truth on many things. So, this is the best we got.
I am disappointed, and feel like a chump when I read things like the latest report that Trump wants to stall the repeal of Obamacare, but I still consider the alternative bullet we dodged.
“I made a comment the other day that the US also tries to sway elections, in its own interests. Is that accurate?”
—-Llpoh
Of course it’s accurate. And we’ve been at it for a long, long time.
Thanks for the reply, SSS, and the easy and clear way you explained it all!
This is one of those discussions that turn into heated arguments because no matter the facts, no matter we spy on others (even our allies, right Germany?), no matter what was exposed was also criminal………………..the damn Russians, and patriotism!!!!!
Watch the film “Our Brand is Crisis” to see how elections are run and won!
I think whoever wrote that film must’ve read Perkins “Confessions of an Economic Hitman” because it shows how clueless the typical human being is to how politics really works.
The level of McShitstain et al’s derangement never fails to amaze. Unfortunately we’ll have to put up with their idiotic babbling for at least another two years – particularly as anything they say is sure to be “reported” by the lamestream presstitutes.
Saw this joke on russia-insider today.
Q. Why did God make Russia so big?
A. So the US Intelligence Community could find it on a map!
Thanks, SSS.
I hereby name you a TBP treasure in perpetuity.