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| VDH: Beware of Narratives and Misinformation |
| 2017-09-26 |
| Narratives surrounding the DNC hack & Antifa reveal media bias and government bureaucracy at their worst. U.S. intelligence agencies said Russia was responsible for hacking Democratic National Committee e-mail accounts, leading to the publication of about 20,000 stolen e-mails on WikiLeaks. But that finding was reportedly based largely on the DNC’s strange outsourcing of the investigation to a private cybersecurity firm. Rarely does the victim of a crime first hire a private investigator whose findings later form the basis of government conclusions. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is many things. But so far he has not been caught lying about the origin of the leaked documents that came into his hands. He has insisted for well over a year that the Russians did not provide him with the DNC e-mails. When it was discovered that the e-mails had been compromised, then‐DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz weirdly refused to allow forensic detectives from the FBI to examine the DNC server to probe the evidence of the theft. Why did the FBI accept that refusal? That strange behavior was not as bizarre as Wasserman Schultz’s later frenzied efforts to protect her information-technology specialist, Imran Awan, from Capitol Police and FBI investigations. Both agencies were hot on Awan’s trail for unlawfully transferring secure data from government computers, and also for bank and federal-procurement fraud. So far, the story of the DNC hack is not fully known, but it may eventually be revealed that it involves other actors beyond just the Russians. There is not much left to the media myth of James Comey as dutiful FBI director, unjustly fired by a partisan and vindictive President Donald Trump. A closer look suggests that Comey may have been the most politicized, duplicitous, and out-of-control FBI director since J. Edgar Hoover. During the 2016 election, Comey, quite improperly, was put into the role of prosecutor, judge, and jury in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. That proved a disaster. Comey has admitted under oath to deliberately leaking his own notes ‐ which were likely government property ‐ to the media to prompt the appointment of a special counsel. That ploy worked like clockwork, and by a strange coincidence it soon resulted in the selection of his friend, former FBI director Robert Mueller. Read the rest at the link |
| Posted by:746 |
| #8 Democrats are responsible for 80% of the ills of this nation. They are masters and commanders of evil that plagues this land. I won't do anything to them here, but I wont piss on them when they are on fire in hell. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-09-26 16:45 |
| #7 BP, I read the shooter was a Sudanese. Next, we will hear that he yelled Allan's Snackbar prior to the shooting. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-09-26 16:03 |
| #6 Perhaps he sat in the snug, quieting drinking his beer and 'dreampt' about killing people. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-26 13:32 |
| #5 beware of just plain non-reporting of news. https://twitter.com/TrumpsTrucker/status/912672315762130944 And we've had a complete media blackout of Robert Engle confronted gunman at church who killed mom of 2 & wounded 6. Could be shooter at 25 years old was a DACA guy. Right age, came here at age 4 or 5. Hmmmm |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-09-26 12:51 |
| #4 Indeed, beware of narratives and misinformation. There is a lot of that going on these days--they seem to be more plentiful than the truth. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-09-26 11:40 |
| #3 It was recently disclosed that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security had warned the Obama administration in 2016 that Antifa was a domestic terrorist organization that aimed to incite violence during street protests. That stark assessment and Antifa’s subsequent violence make the recent nonchalance of local police departments with regard to Antifa thuggery seem like an abject dereliction of duty. I think the term dereliction of duty is being too charitable. Collusion is more like it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-09-26 10:55 |
| #2 Two words, 'false flag.' |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-26 09:07 |
| #1 So far, the story of the DNC hack is not fully known, but it may eventually be revealed that it involves other actors beyond just the Russians. When or if ever revealed it will most likely be far stranger than we can imagine. Re Assange. I tend to believe him. He seems to have a kind of ethic where protecting sources and truth-telling is valued. Many argue about how he obtains the info which he publishes. They also question his lack of a filter when revealing State and Deep State secrets. There is an argument to be made about his lack of a filter which could be dangerous to those who practice spy craft and those who carry out government policy. He has short-circuited the usual machinery of government. Some things need the light of day on them whereas others require discretion--how to balance these is a problem. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-09-26 08:58 |