There was no “Russian meddling” last time and there won’t be next time. I’m still waiting for the proof that there was. Based on FBI word?
“There was no ‘Russian meddling’ last time and there won’t be next time. I’m still waiting for the proof that there was. Based on FBI word?”
I spoke with an FBI investigator a couple of weeks ago who was assigned to the Russian hacking issue during the 2016 election and on an ongoing basis.
I asked him if it was true that Russia is always attempting to do these things. He said yes but that there was a significant uptick in 2016. Even though I am dubious of his politics (which we didn’t discuss) I believe he was being honest.
It is very possible that Russia or Russian hackers increased their ongoing efforts. It is also possible that the NSA spoofed this uptick using tools we know they posses.
It is important to remember that no evidence exists for this affecting the outcome of any election or even a single vote being changed.
Whether Russia did anything unusual or not, it is clear that the Obama administration, in coordination with his political party’s presidential candidate, used anything it could find as a pretext to spy on private citizens connected to the presidential campaign of a rival party.
None of the smoke and mirrors propaganda from the media changes this reality.