What rings false are doubters who think residuals from the hack are the only evidence to be had, or who don't believe the NSA is better at the game than the Russians are, that it's impossible they could detect something that the Russians didn't notice.
For example, U.S. intelligence seems to have very good eavesdropping at the highest levels of the Russian state. Using that kind of intelligence they wouldn't need *any* evidence from the actual hack to determine whether the Russian government did it.
"Liberals are Demonizing Trump" is not a defense. Trump needs to explain himself publicly, cooperate with any investigations, and clean house if necessary. Some people calling him "Putin's puppet" doesn't change that. If he's not Putin's puppet, he can easily do those things.
He should *not* openly fight the investigation. Even if no serious crime was committed WRT Russia, he *will* screw up and commit a serious crime (maybe already has) should he continue to fight.
What you mean is that Obama and the CIA wiretapped the Russians to trap Trump when he colluded with them, and Trump walked right into it.
Trump can get out of this easy. All he has to do is explain what happened in those meetings, and why they needed to be kept secret, explain why he hired people known to be compromised, fire anyone who did anything illegal or improper including any cover ups, and reveal any foreign financial entanglements now or in the past.
If he does all that, then he'll be in the clear. He's got to explain himself.
The elections wasn't rigged, it was influenced, which is nothing new in general, but rare for the U.S. Certainly undesirable. "Distant" Foreign leader? WTH does that mean? If Putin is stooping to make fake posts on Slashdot, he's doing a thorough job of it.
The network would exist without government interference, but the internet certainly wouldn't. The whole point is to make the connections between the networks transparent.
You may not understand why that's valuable to the country, but it is.
"Telling the FBI director that you hope a long-running investigation that has produced zero evidence of collusion will wrap up soon"
That's a lie.
He told Comey "I hope you can let this go." That's expressing a desire for Comey to stop the investigation. Not the same thing as hoping it comes to a conclusion.
Comey didn't stop the investigation, then Trump fired him for it.
Then the administration lied about why he fired Comey, but Trump blabbed to the press.
That the investigation will continue anyway is just one more bit of evidence of Trump's total incompetence. From all accounts, they he was caught off guard by the outrage.
There was no lefty fervor for Clinton. She would have lost huge if her opponent had not been Trump. It is unfortunate that the Dems nominated someone so unacceptable to Republicans.
However, you guys nominated (fervently) a senile mobster who seems to think he's dictator and who doesn't understand, much less care about, fundamental principles of democratic government. Heck, he doesn't even understand more basic ideas, like state secrets.
If Murdoch flips, we'll have to endure Trumpeters for the rest of their lives telling us how they never liked the guy. He's not a real conservative etc.
No, it says you can't discriminate based on religion. Donald Trump can't shut up about his Muslim Ban, so the courts have no trouble discerning discriminatory intent.
They were all just investigating people very close to Trump for committing crimes in support of Trump, so clearly there's no danger to Trump in these investigations and no possibility of him getting dragged into them.
Uh no. There never was any evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton or anyone close to her on Benghazi. The same cannot be said with Trump and Russian interference.
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What rings false are doubters who think residuals from the hack are the only evidence to be had, or who don't believe the NSA is better at the game than the Russians are, that it's impossible they could detect something that the Russians didn't notice.
For example, U.S. intelligence seems to have very good eavesdropping at the highest levels of the Russian state. Using that kind of intelligence they wouldn't need *any* evidence from the actual hack to determine whether the Russian government did it.
"Liberals are Demonizing Trump" is not a defense. Trump needs to explain himself publicly, cooperate with any investigations, and clean house if necessary. Some people calling him "Putin's puppet" doesn't change that. If he's not Putin's puppet, he can easily do those things.
He should *not* openly fight the investigation. Even if no serious crime was committed WRT Russia, he *will* screw up and commit a serious crime (maybe already has) should he continue to fight.
What you mean is that Obama and the CIA wiretapped the Russians to trap Trump when he colluded with them, and Trump walked right into it.
Trump can get out of this easy. All he has to do is explain what happened in those meetings, and why they needed to be kept secret, explain why he hired people known to be compromised, fire anyone who did anything illegal or improper including any cover ups, and reveal any foreign financial entanglements now or in the past.
If he does all that, then he'll be in the clear. He's got to explain himself.
Did you know .... it's possible to look into an issue and find out who's telling the truth?
The elections wasn't rigged, it was influenced, which is nothing new in general, but rare for the U.S. Certainly undesirable. "Distant" Foreign leader? WTH does that mean? If Putin is stooping to make fake posts on Slashdot, he's doing a thorough job of it.
"Dune" is schlock. Good schlock, but still schlock.
The whole thing is just for show. He wants to stir up some noise and stick it (symbolically) to the establishment and the environmentalists.
G. W. still worse. Way higher body count. Don't use rose colored glasses. I think Trump will surpass Bush if he lasts much longer.
I thought the constitution would keep the minority party out of power, but that didn't happen.
*So far* Trump has been mostly checked.
1. Abuse is abuse.
2. You are stupid. On one side you get shafted, on the other you get what you want.
What the government wont do is set a faster speed for Chevys over Toyotas because Toyota won't pay up.
The network would exist without government interference, but the internet certainly wouldn't. The whole point is to make the connections between the networks transparent.
You may not understand why that's valuable to the country, but it is.
So we're in for a cold famine followed by rapid return to global warming.
There was a lot of talk about, but also a lot of talk about global warming. The GW crowd had a lot more evidence and a lot more solid theory.
Michael Steele says we'll have president Pence by the Summer.
Is he a senile old mobster? No? Bring him on then.
"Telling the FBI director that you hope a long-running investigation that has produced zero evidence of collusion will wrap up soon"
That's a lie.
He told Comey "I hope you can let this go." That's expressing a desire for Comey to stop the investigation. Not the same thing as hoping it comes to a conclusion.
Comey didn't stop the investigation, then Trump fired him for it.
Then the administration lied about why he fired Comey, but Trump blabbed to the press.
That the investigation will continue anyway is just one more bit of evidence of Trump's total incompetence. From all accounts, they he was caught off guard by the outrage.
There was no lefty fervor for Clinton. She would have lost huge if her opponent had not been Trump. It is unfortunate that the Dems nominated someone so unacceptable to Republicans.
However, you guys nominated (fervently) a senile mobster who seems to think he's dictator and who doesn't understand, much less care about, fundamental principles of democratic government. Heck, he doesn't even understand more basic ideas, like state secrets.
If Murdoch flips, we'll have to endure Trumpeters for the rest of their lives telling us how they never liked the guy. He's not a real conservative etc.
Because Russians have no incentive to burn an Israeli source in Syria? Are you sure?
WaPo didn't print the sensitive portion of the leak.
It's politically incorrect on Slashdot to acknowledge that political incorrectness is a red herring.
No, it says you can't discriminate based on religion. Donald Trump can't shut up about his Muslim Ban, so the courts have no trouble discerning discriminatory intent.
They were all just investigating people very close to Trump for committing crimes in support of Trump, so clearly there's no danger to Trump in these investigations and no possibility of him getting dragged into them.
Meaning he didn't say he wasn't.
Uh no. There never was any evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton or anyone close to her on Benghazi. The same cannot be said with Trump and Russian interference.
BTW, Trump advisers say Comey was fired because of Russia investigation.