Via Billy
Governments spy to their advantage, and hacking is a method of
spying. The U.S. government is a big-league hacker. Bloomberg reported
this on May 23, 2013 in
its article How the U.S. Government Hacks the World.
“‘When President Obama receives his daily intelligence briefing, most
of the information comes from government cyberspies’, says Mike
McConnell, director of national intelligence under President George W.
Bush. ‘It’s at least 75 percent, and going up,’ he says.”
Moreover, we have reliable reports of
aggressive U.S. computer weapons ready to be activated against Russia:
“U.S. military hackers have penetrated Russia’s electric grid,
telecommunications networks and the Kremlin’s command systems, making
them vulnerable to attack by secret American cyber weapons should the
U.S. deem it necessary, according to a senior intelligence official and
top-secret documents reviewed by NBC News.”
Against this background, it is almost pure political grandstanding and seeking of political advantage when
Obama orders a review
of election-related hacking. As a staunch Democrat and party leader, he
wants to keep his party as cohesive and vibrant as he can. The election
issue and the notion that the election was stolen due to Russia,
Wikileaks, fake stories, etc. is one way to do this.
“I’ve met the person who leaked them, and they are certainly not Russian and it’s an insider. It’s a leak, not a hack; the two are different things."
