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"The Russian hacking allegation is a classic piece of red scare propaganda, right out of the book" The Russians definitely hacked the US, as surely as they inv
by edblarney 10y ago
"The Russian hacking allegation is a classic piece of red scare propaganda, right out of the book"
The Russians definitely hacked the US, as surely as they invaded Ukraine on two fronts.
The effects may be overblown, but it's not 'propaganda', it's just a simple truth.
'Propaganda' in the US works more like this:
+ US soldiers with Iraqi gov. is fighting ISIS (terrorists) in Mosul.
+ The Russians/Syrian regime are fighting 'rebel groups'. But those 'rebel groups' are mostly Al Nusra i.e. 'Al Queda in Iraq'. Basically as bad as ISIS. But they are called 'rebels'.
So it's a softer kind of propaganda, generally.
- whenwillitstop 10y agoEver heard of how difficult attribution is in hacking? They got access to the emails through a fishing attack. Even if the attack IP address originated from Russia, you think they really know it was Russia? Come on. This is pure manipulation of the American public.
- pavlov 10y agoWhy do you assume the CIA only has digital forensic evidence? They are an organization whose sole purpose is to gather information secretly from foreign operators. They've certainly had sources inside Russia in the past.