Special Counsel Mueller Charges 12 Russian Intelligence Officers With Hacking Democrats During 2016 Election (cnbc.com)

Special counsel Robert Mueller has obtained a new indictment charging 12 Russian intelligence officers with hacking Democrats to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, and with stealing information of about 500,000 American voters, the Justice Department announced Friday. From a report: The indictment lodged in Washington, D.C., accuses the Russian spies of hacking into the Democratic National Committee and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, and of releasing emails obtained from that cybersnooping with a a goal of influencing the election. The accused also hacked into state boards of elections, secretaries of state, and into companies that provided software used to administer elections, according to Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein said he briefed President Donald Trump about the case earlier in the week.

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Re:Vote count and election results not changed

[MikeMo]

Yes, but, still, no evidence of collusion.

Re:32 people charged

[mi]

The indictment lodged in Washington, D.C., accuses the Russian spies of hacking into the Democratic National Committee and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton [...] The accused also hacked into state boards of elections, secretaries of state, and into companies that provided software used to administer elections

What have the FBI, the NSA, and the rest of our wonderful "intelligence" apparatus been doing, while this was going on?

Oh, yeah, they were busy trying to sabotage Trump...

At least, there is some silver lining to all this in that there is no longer any doubt, Russia is an adversary — if not an outright enemy. A big and welcome change of both long- and short-term trends.

But don't let that distract you from the soccer championship...

Re:Vote count and election results not changed

[Anonymous Coward]

No.

Re:32 people charged

[ravenshrike]

Yeah, how's that other trial going? You know, the one where they indicted some foreign companies and then when said companies showed up in court Mueller went "Ummm, ummm, we're not actually ready for trial yet." Welcome to the dog and pony show that is the Mueller special council.

Re:Two movies

[fatwilbur]

Blah, blah, and here we have it: the group who jumps out at every Trump discussion and says he's *obviously* a racist in a runaround attempt to stifle debate. It's not obvious at all - I don't think he's a racist at all. Actually, I would agree he's a racist under the new modern definition of racism whereby anyone who doesn't constantly virtue signal to diversity is a racist. We're all racists, including Trump, under the new definition.

I'm not even sure what you mean by the word anymore.. are you trying to convince me Trump hates black people and would never hire them? Clearly false.

Debate tricks

[mi]

How's the weather in St. Petersburg today?

• 2009 — opponents of Obama are all racists.
• 2016 — opponents of Hillary are sexist
• 2017- — supporters of Trump are Russians (and racists too).

At least, dissent is patriotic again now...

Re:As they say in Russia

[aticus.finch]

The mountain gave birth to a mouse.

Actually, the number of mice is now over 30, and the mountain is a long way from done. And never forget what a single mouse can do to an elephant, especially a big, wet, orange elephant with bone spurs.

How awful does some have to be to lose to a big wet orange elephant with bone spurs?

Re:so this...

[jwhyche]

You would think that the butt hurt would start to fade by now. But I guess believing her coronation was ordained by God only to find out you're wrong must hurt. Must hurt more waking up every morning to a world where Trump is actually doing a good job and has been right about virtually everything he has said.