Posted on 09/02/2018 9:38:50 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
This past week, the president tweeted that China hacked Hillary Clinton’s emails.
While a Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment, an FBI official told the media that they have “not found any evidence the servers were compromised.”
Somehow, I don’t feel so reassured about their statement. Is it because the bureau has been recently plagued by, at a minimum, the perception of a lack of transparency, candor and accountability by one former director, deputy director, lawyer and senior intelligence agent? Is it because the FBI, in collusion with the Department of Justice, decided to give Clinton, the future anointed president, a pass on her email problems? I don’t know, but I certainly feel less than confident about what is coming out of the Hoover Building these days.
First, that Clinton retained government emails on her private server is risky business all around. We’ve come a long way since “gentlemen didn’t read each other’s mail.” Now you can count on it.
That Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert (R) disclosed that the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) discovered “Clinton's emails from her homebrew server were funneled to a foreign entity” doesn’t surprise me.
And that the foreign entity was not Russia, but China (Gohmert didn’t say China, but I am) meets all the standards of the “Reasonable Person Test.”
When does a set of circumstances regarding possible wrongdoing rise to a level that action needs to be taken or reported? As former federal law enforcement officers, this was a question which our instructors challenged us with. The “Reasonable Person” was defined as someone with average intelligence, average experience and average common sense. Therefore, if you look at a set of circumstances through the eyes of a “reasonable person,” and it appears that a crime (or hacking) took place, action should be taken, or at least reported. The “Reasonable Person” test? Perhaps they don’t teach it at Quantico anymore.
For the past 20 years, China has followed its long-term agenda of catching up to and surpassing the United States in technology and military capabilities. One former high-ranking FBI official told us at a security conference, “Sure, working Middle East terrorism matters are cool and sexy, but we’re missing the boat. It’s China that we should be concerned with … they are stealing us blind.”
Give the Chinese intelligence services credit, they are good at what they do. They have raised Intellectual Property theft and hacking to an art. Why would China spend billions of dollars on Research and Development when they can easily purloin our “secret sauce?” A few years ago, an FBI agent called me to his office and chastised me for communicating with him openly via my company phone and email.
“Don’t do that again. You’ve been compromised. In the future, let’s only talk in person.” We both knew to whom he was referring. It was incredibly unsettling.
The fact that a foreign intelligence service can follow our communications in “real time,” is not so widely known. Certainly, the FBI and our intelligence services are not raising the clarion call.
Did China hack Hillary’s server? Maybe, but don’t count on my former employer to tell you.
Kenneth Strange served the FBI as a member of the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Newark, New Jersey and as Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General in Los Angeles. He is presently the vice president of business development for an international investigative services company.
This article from March 2017 comes to mind. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4367746/WikiLeaks-says-CIA-disguised-hacking-Russian-activity.html
There are probably a dozen different Chinese ‘agents’ within the Hillary circle. From the days of Bill’s campaign, and probably still today....they have an insider view to Hillary. She’s just too stupid to realize it.
Why would they need to hack when access was sold.
Wang Wenliang, a Chinese billionaire and donor to the Clinton Foundation and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, has been expelled from China’s top legislature after being caught up in a widespread cash-for-votes scheme.
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old habits are hard to break.
wonder if ol mochtar riady is still alive and kickin?
Trump should fire the FBI director and put in someone like sheriff Joe. Tell the new director to utterly clean house and replace with real lawmen.
It has been my understanding that the FBI has never had access to Hillary’s server, because access was refused. Also, is the foreign hacking her server an issue that would be investigated by the FBI?
...“not found any evidence the servers were compromised.”
Gee, maybe because you have not looked for any evidence.
“FBI official told the media that they have “not found any evidence the servers were compromised”
Not surprising...they couldn’t find their ass with their hands.
Actually, it depends on what you mean by “compromised.” These servers were shared on purpose. No hack. And yes, it is a felony if anyone cared to do anything about it.
The FBI needs a complete over haul from managers and supervisors and all instructors.
“not found any evidence the servers were compromised.” They never had access to her servers so how can he make that statement?
You first.
No, you’re thinking of the DNC servers. The FBI was not allowed access to them.
Ya keep hearing how the vast majority of agents within the FBI are really good at their job.
Well they sure are fooling us out here in America while covering for obammy, clinton,and their minions.
No confidence, no respect .
How about you mookabookers flip on your filthy leaders?
Cause you are watching the clock, waiting to retire and not make waves?
You guys suck.
You ALL f-ing know Hillary should be in prison along with her predator hubby.
Again, you guys suck.
Indeed, it’s not technically hacking if they paid their money and got their product.
To put it all bluntly, Hitlary allowed anyone, who would pay her money, to access her Gmail account where she had national secrets stored. Anyone, including the Chinese.
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