Re: Russia Did It

Today, The Intercept (the news source founded by Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Jeremy Scahill) has this to say about the alleged Russian hacking of our election, written by Sam Biddle:



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[T]he refrain of Russian attribution has been repeated so regularly and so emphatically that it’s become easy to forget that no one has ever truly proven the claim. There is strong evidence indicating that Democratic email accounts were breached via phishing messages, and that specific malware was spread across DNC computers. There’s even evidence that the attackers are the same group that’s been spotted attacking other targets in the past. But again: No one has actually proven that group is the Russian government (or works for it). This remains the enormous inductive leap that’s not been reckoned with, and Americans deserve better.

We should also bear in mind that private security firm CrowdStrike’s frequently cited findings of Russian responsibility were essentially paid for by the DNC, who contracted their services in June. It’s highly unusual for evidence of a crime to be assembled on the victim’s dime. If we’re going to blame the Russian government for disrupting our presidential election — easily construed as an act of war — we need to be damn sure of every single shred of evidence.

  The Intercept

One would hope. Alas, that doesn't seem to be happening.

Finally, with this Intercept article, someone is using some cognitive and logical skills in looking at the "evidence". We should have been able to say the same for the New York Times.

Continue reading the article.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.