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Russia Wants DNC Hack Lawsuit Thrown Out, Citing International Conventions (zdnet.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The Russian Federation has responded to a lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee and has requested the overseeing court to throw out the lawsuit altogether. The lawsuit, filed by the DNC in April 2018, names a slew of figures as defendants, such as the Russian state, Russia's military intelligence service GRU, the hacker known as Guccifer 2.0, WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, and several members of the Trump campaign, such as Donald Trump, Jr., Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Jared Kushner, and George Papadopoulos. According to an 87-page indictment, the DNC accused Russia and the other defendants of carrying out the hacking of DNC servers in 2016 and then leaking data online via the WikiLeaks portal in an orchestrated manner for the benefit of the Trump presidential campaign.
The lawsuit, which has its own Wikipedia page and was likened to a lawsuit the DNC filed against Nixon after the Watergate scandal, seeks damages, but also for the court to issue a declaration about the defendants' conspiracy. But in a letter sent to a New York court, presented by the Russian Embassy in the U.S. and signed by a representative of the Russian Ministry of Justice, the Russian Federation wants the lawsuit thrown out. In the 12-page letter, the Russian Federation argues that the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA") grants Russia immunity. "The FSIA provides that foreign sovereign States enjoy absolute jurisdictional immunity from suit unless a plaintiff can demonstrate that one of the FSIA's enumerated 'exceptions' applies'," the letter argues. "The DNC's allegations regarding a purported 'military attack' by 'Russia's military intelligence agency' do not fall within any of the FSIA's enumerated exceptions to the Russian Federation's sovereign immunity."
"Any alleged 'military attack' is a quintessential sovereign act that does not fall within any exception to the FSIA or the customary international law of foreign sovereign immunity. The Russian Federation's sovereign immunity with respect to claims based upon such allegations is absolute."
The lawsuit, which has its own Wikipedia page and was likened to a lawsuit the DNC filed against Nixon after the Watergate scandal, seeks damages, but also for the court to issue a declaration about the defendants' conspiracy. But in a letter sent to a New York court, presented by the Russian Embassy in the U.S. and signed by a representative of the Russian Ministry of Justice, the Russian Federation wants the lawsuit thrown out. In the 12-page letter, the Russian Federation argues that the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA") grants Russia immunity. "The FSIA provides that foreign sovereign States enjoy absolute jurisdictional immunity from suit unless a plaintiff can demonstrate that one of the FSIA's enumerated 'exceptions' applies'," the letter argues. "The DNC's allegations regarding a purported 'military attack' by 'Russia's military intelligence agency' do not fall within any of the FSIA's enumerated exceptions to the Russian Federation's sovereign immunity."
"Any alleged 'military attack' is a quintessential sovereign act that does not fall within any exception to the FSIA or the customary international law of foreign sovereign immunity. The Russian Federation's sovereign immunity with respect to claims based upon such allegations is absolute."
Before the nazis rose to power in Germany, they had a difficult time with the courts, but after Hitler's 'election', the nazis weaponsied the entire court system, then told the dumb dumbs to 'respect' the 'legal' process- just as we see Slashdot doing here today in order to demonise Russia. Same old, same old.
In places NOT slashdot, you can read about the tens of billions the UK and USA spends on OFFICIAL military hacking teams that are engaged in current on ongoing attacks against targets like Russia, Syria and Iran. Hell will freeze over before any legal action occurs in any court against these CRIMINAL acts (that the UK and USA boast they are engaged in).
But, nazi style, we see Slashdot pushing the concept of SELECTIVE PROSECUTION in the field of international politics- always a prelude before actual direct military conflict. Russia had to promise the js of Izreal complete military disaster to get these satanic monsters to stop bombing Syria. America's provacation of the world's most advanced nuclear power is meant to result in something far worse than a simple slap down.
Russia has always respected international conventions, from way before the revoloutions of the early 20th Century. Frankenstein's Monster (The USA- the UK is Frankenstein) was MANUFACTURED to be outside of all diplomatic norms- something the UK could not achieve. And now we are at PEAK Frankenstein.
For the USA to successfully threaten the world, and bring about WW3, it was neccessary that that American populace was dumbed down to a degree never before witnessed in Human History. For World War, by design, could only have the worst possible outcome for a nation whose power had been built on trade and innovation. It makes no sense for a successful trading nation to trigger global war- yet that is exactly what is required of the USA. The 'trick' was in building a militaristic psychology- dumb dumb dribblers 'blessing' 'their' troops even when they KNEW their own nation had never been threatened by external forces (Britain doesn't count, for the 'conflict' with Britain was always FAKE NEWS).
So Americans, with everything to lose and nothing to gain, are rallying behind Humanity's worst warmongers, Obama, Clinton, Trump and Blair. Whether a yank thinks him/herself to the right or the left, their party of choice is one demanding war on Russia, Iran and China.
Russia's response when the satanic js murdered their reconaissance plane full of Russian miltary experts was one of jaw-dropped disbelief. After the atrocity (the form of satanic atrocity the js carry out against the Humanity of Gaza every day), the Russian's listed all the help they had given the js and asked in horror how the js 'gratitude' could take this form. Then they finally gave the Syrians the means to prevent the satanic js from terror bombing Syria.
What is happening between Russia and America, as typified in this story on Slashdot, is the same issue writ far far larger.
Russia bends over backwards to accomodate the USA- even to the point of allowing the US govenment to set up illegal satanic military bases in East Syria and watch as these bases continue to support the remnants of ISIS. Putin could throw the yanks out of Syria at any second - but chooses to tolerate the most depraved crimes against Humanity by the US military in Syria rather than call them out- all in the name of 'good' international relationships.
And what does Russia receive in return. A level of demonisation and illegal attack not even witnessed in the height of the Cold war.
So Putin says loudly and clearly "we Russians do NOT want war, but if America tries to bring war to us, we have the means to trivially destroy 100% of the USA- and no matter how much the Russian people suffer, we shall ensure our attackers are wiped from Human History". He rather hopes the USA takes the hint. But no- the Deep State merely ups its propaganda budget, and has its puppets like Slashdot turn up the warmongering rhetoric.
A LOT of sicko nutcase males on this site think
Bernie is not a Democrat, and thus shouldn't expect the same level of treatment by DNC. Nothing illegal was exposed regarding that; just poor decision making.
Another problem with your logic is both parties have dirty laundry. If you expose the dirty laundry of only one, then the public is only seeing half the guts, giving them a misleading picture to judge by.
Table-ized A.I.
"But whatabutt her emails"
Oh shut the fuck up, breaking into the server is a crime, nobody cares about the details of what was stolen.
DACA: direct action by President Obama to prevent the faithful enforcement of US immigration law. Aka, obstruction of justice, pure and simple.
You're thinking of the children in cages at the border? The cages built under the Obama administration,
So if Trump is os great why didn't stop that with an executive order. You are completely delusional: the policy of separating children from their parents (and sometimes simply losing the childred!) was Trumps through and through. You love Trump, you refuse to ever criticise him and so you too, personally, share some of the blame for what he does.
And your "hurrr but OBAMA" makes you no less responsible.
Just man up and own your actions and opinions.
SJW n. One who posts facts.
You're lying to yourself (on purpose, obviously). Kids WERE being separated from adults when illegally crossing the border. Under Obama. Why? Because it was (and still is) required by law.
No you're lying to YOURself. There is no statute that requires such a thing. Quote the statue or STFU an admit you're full of shit.
The law says you can't hold kids for more than a short couple of weeks, even though adults - especially those that have been tied to other crimes - are held for longer periods of time as they are processed.
That's the law allowing it, not the law requiring it. Try again.
SJW n. One who posts facts.