Colin Powell's Private Email Account Has Been Hacked (theverge.com)

According to The New York Times, Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has been hacked and a password-protected archive of his personal emails has been published by DC Leaks. The Verge reports: DC Leaks is the same site that first published emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee, which many took as an explicit effort to influence the U.S. election process. Many experts in the U.S. intelligence apparatus have attributed that attack to the Russian government, although no public attribution has been made. Thus far, there's no evidence tying Powell's hack to Russia, and similar hacks have been carried out by mischievous teens without government affiliation. The immediate result of the hack has been political fallout for Powell himself. Last night, BuzzFeed News reported on an email in which Powell called Republican nominee Donald Trump a "national disgrace," and another in which he said the candidate was "in the process of destroying himself."

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Re:It's his own fault

[Kaenneth]

Am I the only one concerned about Trump's Russian mob connections?

Re:Lifting candidates

[legRoom]

Hillary is suffering from a serious, untreatable neurological condition (some suggest Parkinson's) and will be unable to perform the duties the Office of President of The United States requires.

Even if that's true, it won't change how the vast majority of people vote.

Most vote for a party, a platform, an ideology, or a pet policy issue - not for a person. If Hillary wins and cannot serve, she will be replaced by her Vice President. Since her VP is also a Democrat, it would make little difference to most voters which one actually ends up in power.

If anything, I think Trump's campaign would lose ground if it were to become known that Hillary could not serve, since there is a sizeable chunk of voters who can't stand either one and would jump at the chance to vote for anyone else - such as Tim Kaine.

Disclaimer: I am neither a Democrat or a Republican, and can't stomache either candidate. I'm making a prediction, not expressing a preference.

Re: Lifting candidates

[AK Marc]

I am an expert on Europe, but I've never heard of Paris, or London.

Nope. Not knowing a key battleground indicates lack of knowledge of a subject so well, one could say he doesn't know what ISIS is, since he doesn't know where it operates, and doesn't follow the most basic news about it.