Wow, CNN is even reporting this. The Dem brand is burned.
On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 8:36:01 AM UTC-6, MJ wrote: > January 5, 2017 > > *DNC Refused to Give FBI Access to Its Servers … Instead Gave Access to a > DNC Consultant Tied to Organization Promoting Conflict with Russia * > WashingtonsBlog > > CNN reports > <http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/05/politics/fbi-russia-hacking-dnc-crowdstrike/> > : > > The Democratic National Committee “rebuffed” a request from the FBI to > examine its computer services after it was allegedly hacked by Russia > during the 2016 election, a senior law enforcement official told CNN > Thursday. “The FBI repeatedly stressed to DNC officials the necessity of > obtaining direct access to servers and data, only to be rebuffed until well > after the initial compromise had been mitigated,” a senior law enforcement > official told CNN. “This left the FBI no choice but to rely upon a third > party for information. *** The FBI instead relied on the assessment from > a third-party security company called CrowdStrike. > > As first reported > <http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2017/01/crowdstrikes-russian-hacking-story-fell-apart-say-hello-fancy-bear-2.html> > > by George Eliason, CrowdStrike’s Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder > Dimitri Alperovitch – who wrote > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Alperovitch> the CrowdStrike > reports allegedly linking Russia to the Democratic party emails published > by Wikileaks – is a fellow at the Atlantic Council … an organization > associated with Ukraine, and whose main policy goal seems to stir up a > confrontation with Russia. [1]. > > The Nation writes > <https://www.thenation.com/article/is-skepticism-treason/>: > > In late December, Crowdstrike released a largely debunked > <http://www.voanews.com/a/skeptics-doubt-ukraine-hack-link-to-dnc-cyberattack/3649234.html> > > report claiming that the same Russian malware that was used to hack the DNC > has been used by Russian intelligence to target Ukrainian artillery > positions. Crowdstrike’s co-founder and chief technology officer, Dmitri > Alperovitch <https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch>, told PBS, “Ukraine’s > artillery men were targeted by the same hackers…that targeted DNC, but this > time they were targeting cellphones [belonging to the Ukrainian artillery > men] to try to understand their location so that the Russian artillery > forces can actually target them in the open battle.” > > Dmitri Alperovitch <https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch> is also a senior > fellow at the Atlantic Council. The connection between Alperovitch and > the Atlantic Council has gone largely unremarked upon, but it is relevant > given that the Atlantic Councilwhich is > <http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters>funded in part > <http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters> by the US State > Department, NATO, the governments of Latvia and Lithuania, the Ukrainian > World Congress, and the Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchukhas been among > the loudest voices calling for a new Cold War with Russia. As I pointed out > in the pages of The Nation in November, the Atlantic Council has spent the > past several years producing some of the most virulent specimens of the new > Cold War propaganda. It would seem then that a healthy amount of > skepticism toward a government report that relied, in part, on the findings > of private-sector cyber security companies like Crowdstrike might be in > order. > > The Atlantic Council is also funded by > <http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/support/supporters> the U.S. military and > the largest defense contractors, including: > > - United States Army > - United States Navy > - United States Air Force > - United States Marines > - Lockheed Martin > - Raytheon > - Northrop Grumman > - Boeing > > > [1] Here’s an example > <http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/images/publications/Arming_for_Deterrence_web_0719.pdf> > > of the Atlantic Council’s bellicose rhetoric from July 2016: > > Poland should announce that it reserves the right to deploy offensive > cyber operations (and not necessarily in response just to cyber attacks). > The authorities could also suggest potential targets, which could include > the Moscow metro, the St. Petersburg power network, and Russian state-run > media outlets such as RT. > > > > http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2017/01/dnc-refused-give-fbi-access-servers-gave-access-dnc-consultant-tied-organization-promoting-cold-war-russia.html > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
