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Trump blames ‘careless’ DNC for getting hacked
NY Post ^ | January 4, 2017 | Daniel Halper

Posted on 01/04/2017 7:41:58 AM PST by COUNTrecount

Donald Trump is blaming the victim, the Democratic National Committee, for getting hacked — and also going after the media.

The president-elect quoted Julian Assange in a Wednesday morning tweet, saying the WikiLeaks founder claims he wasn’t fed DNC materials from the Russian government.

“Julian Assange said ‘a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta’ – why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info!” Trump’s tweet read.

In separate tweets, the president-elect added: “‘@FoxNews: Julian Assange on U.S. media coverage: ‘It’s very dishonest.’ #Hannity’ More dishonest than anyone knows.”

“Somebody hacked the DNC but why did they not have ‘hacking defense’ like the RNC has and why have they not responded to the terrible … things they did and said (like giving the questions to the debate to H). A total double standard! Media, as usual, gave them a pass,” he added.

He refers to Hillary Clinton, who leaked emails show was fed debate questions in advance Donna Brazile, then the interim chair of the Democratic National Committee.

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1 posted on 01/04/2017 7:41:58 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: COUNTrecount
Trump is correct. As I recall, the RNC was also attacked, but sucessfully repelled multiple attempts at infiltration. The DNC didn't have the same success. And I thought the part of intellectuals < g!> would be at least as good as the GOP.

Given the size and scope of these organizations, I am sure they encounter a batch of various attacks on a daily basis. Comes with the territory.

2 posted on 01/04/2017 7:45:31 AM PST by Joe Brower ( Les deplorables sont victorieux!)
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To: Joe Brower
That's right ..

ya stoopid jits !

period.

3 posted on 01/04/2017 7:47:26 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true)
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To: COUNTrecount

Darn that President Trump, there he goes spreading the truth, again.


4 posted on 01/04/2017 7:47:48 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: COUNTrecount

Trump tweet fact whipping the ‘Rat-LSM cabal. Fun to watch.


5 posted on 01/04/2017 7:48:10 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Joe Brower

According to Assange, Podesta´s password to access his files was “password”. My 98 year old uncle knows better than that.


6 posted on 01/04/2017 7:49:04 AM PST by Signalman
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To: COUNTrecount
Donald Trump is blaming the victim,

Blaming the victim? If someone says "Hold my beer and watch this..." I would hardly call that idiot a "victim."

7 posted on 01/04/2017 7:51:14 AM PST by Cowboy Bob
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To: COUNTrecount

why was DNC so careless?

Plausible Deniability

They can SELL STATE SECRETS easier with plausible deniability if they make it look like the information was STOLEN via hacking, when in Fact they Left The DOOR OPEN!


8 posted on 01/04/2017 7:52:14 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: Signalman

Podesta deserves a little bit of credit.
He increased security by writing it as "p@ssword" on sensitive accounts.

9 posted on 01/04/2017 7:52:57 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Cowboy Bob

I’m with you. The term “victim” doesn’t apply here.


10 posted on 01/04/2017 7:53:19 AM PST by falcon99
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To: COUNTrecount

Assange reveals Podesta’s password was ‘password’
American Thinker ^ | January 4, 2017 | Thomas Lifson
Posted on 1/4/2017, 7:41:11 AM by detective

Julian Assange summed up the shakiness of the claim that Russia “hacked the election” when he told Sean Hannity, “A 14-year-old kid could have hacked Podesta that way.”

Not only is it pithy, but it relates to things everyone experiences: our personal vulnerabilities to people other than Russian intelligence and the constant hectoring we all receive to change our passwords frequently and use special characters and numbers in long nonsense sequences.

The “intelligence community” seems to be staking its reputation on Podesta’s email becoming public being the work of super-hackers in Moscow. C’mon – that nerdy, maladjusted kid down the block could have done it.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3510645/posts

Password, PW0123, 123Password according to our teenage family ITs are the passwords for a large % of the so called Adult idiots, who use the internet for private and corporate emails.


11 posted on 01/04/2017 7:55:27 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Obama shut your lying mouth and leave America! You are past your use by date! You stink!)
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To be fair, Podesta's password was actually p@ssw0rd.
Much, much harder </sarcasm>
12 posted on 01/04/2017 7:59:46 AM PST by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: Blue Jays

Wasn’t there a Veritas clip, inside a DNC branch that had the password on a bulletin board for everyone to see?


13 posted on 01/04/2017 8:01:53 AM PST by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: COUNTrecount

“Trump blames stupid people”


14 posted on 01/04/2017 8:04:21 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: COUNTrecount

Sure, I think the Russians’ truthful revelations of true stuff that showed the true depth of Democratic corruption in a true way hurt Hillary.

I just think that the left is deluding itself when it tells normal people that they were somehow suckered by the Russians’ truthful revelations of true stuff that showed the true depth of Democratic corruption.

“You flyover rubes are so stupid that you can be manipulated by the facts that we were too incompetent to effectively hide from you!” is probably not a great way to win hearts and minds, but hey progs, feel free to go with it.


 

 

Link.

 

15 posted on 01/04/2017 8:04:23 AM PST by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: COUNTrecount

DHS hacked them. Was it collusion between the DNC and DHS to order to blame Trump and/or Russia?


16 posted on 01/04/2017 8:05:28 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Joe Brower

Wasn’t Podesta’s password, “password”?


17 posted on 01/04/2017 8:05:47 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: COUNTrecount

Personally, if I fell for a Nigerian phishing scam that said I could collect $1 million from a deceased African general’s estate, I’d blame myself even if I was the victim.


18 posted on 01/04/2017 8:05:51 AM PST by DaxtonBrown
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To: Blue Jays
Found it!

And these idiots think they can deserve to be in charge of national security?

19 posted on 01/04/2017 8:08:17 AM PST by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: COUNTrecount

HOORAY Mr. Trump. Thank you, sir.

GRRRRRRRREATEST PE EVER!


20 posted on 01/04/2017 8:08:40 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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