NSA Chief: Nation-State Made 'Conscious Effort' To Sway US Presidential Election (aol.com)

The head of the US National Security Agency has said that a "nation-state" consciously targeted presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, in order to affect the US election. From an AOL article:Adm. Michael Rogers, who leads both the NSA and US Cyber Command, made the comments in response to a question about Wikileaks' release of nearly 20,000 internal DNC emails during a conference presented by The Wall Street Journal. "There shouldn't be any doubt in anybody's minds," Rogers said. "This was not something that was done casually. This was not something that was done by chance. This was not a target that was selected purely arbitrarily. This was a conscious effort by a nation-state to attempt to achieve a specific effect." Rogers did not specify the nation-state or the specific effect, though US intelligence officials suspect Russia provided the emails to Wikileaks, after hackers stole them from inside DNC servers and the personal email account of Hillary Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta. At least two different hacker groups associated with the Russian government were found inside the networks of the DNC over the past year, reading emails, chats, and downloading private documents. Many of those files were later released by Wikileaks.Further reading: Quartz and MotherJones.

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Re:They didn't succeed though

[NatasRevol]

Who gives a fuck if they are or are not racist.

They voted for a racist, misogynistic fascist - something well known for decades. The voters may not BE those things, but those things don't GIVE THEM PAUSE for voting them into office.

Re:They didn't succeed though

[Pfhorrest]

Look, I'm not saying you personally are a genocidal antisemite who wants to gas all the Jews, but you still voted for Hitler. Maybe you only did it because he promised to make the trains run on time or put food on the table, but you still ignored the fact that he wants to gas all the Jews (or at least promises the people who do want that that they'll get it from him), and you voted for him anyway, which means, whether you harbor any genocidal sentiment yourself or not, you're apparently OK with someone who does, and that's bad enough.

You don't have to be a racist misogynist yourself to make voting Trump a black mark on your character; it shows that you're OK supporting someone else who is, which is bad enough already.