When will Hillary Clinton give up her candidacy ? Part 2

Madonna is the pig in this scenario.

But Clinton is correct. On Oct. 7, the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a joint statement on behalf of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The USIC is made up of 16 agencies, in addition to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.




"The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscow—the Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there. We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities."

We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia’s senior-most officials could have authorized these activities. Some states have also recently seen scanning and probing of their election-related systems, which in most cases originated from servers operated by a Russian company. However, we are not now in a position to attribute this activity to the Russian Government.

But Clinton is correct. On Oct. 7, the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a joint statement on behalf of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The USIC is made up of 16 agencies, in addition to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

"The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscow—the Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia, for example, to influence public opinion there. We believe, based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts, that only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities."

Well it turns out that was one guy, namely DCI James Clapper: the head of US intelligence

But Clinton is correct. On Oct. 7, the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a joint statement on behalf of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The USIC is made up of 16 agencies, in addition to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

As our intelligence agencies have said, these leaks are an effort by a foreign government to interfere with our electoral process, and I will not indulge it,” Rubio, who is running for reelection to the Senate in Florida, told ABC News Wednesday. “Further, I want to warn my fellow Republicans who may want to capitalize politically on these leaks: Today it is the Democrats. Tomorrow it could be us.”

Trump Campaign: 2 Former Aides Tied To Firm That Wanted To Help Russia Spy On Its Citizens

Two former aids to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reportedly are tied to a firm that wanted to help expand the Russian government’s ability to spy on its own people.

The New York Post reported former campaign Chairman Paul Manafort and ex-aide Rick Gates are linked to EyeLock, which wanted to provide iris-reading technology for the Russian subway system to help the government find people on watch lists.


EyeLock did not win the contract, the Post said, but critics say it raises questions about the “unusual business relationship” between senior campaign personnel and a foreign government.

“It raises a lot of questions about national security and what should have been publicly disclosed to get a better handle on ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government,” a former White House official told the Post.

Before leaving the Trump campaign, Gates told the Post he was involved only in helping EyeLock secure U.S. government contracts. EyeLock told the Post Manafort had no direct involvement or operational role in the company.

“Mr. Trump and the campaign have absolutely no knowledge of this, and these individuals are no longer with the campaign,’’ Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks told the Post.

The revelation comes as WikiLeaks is releasing emails hacked from accounts belonging to the Democratic National Committee and individuals close to the campaign of Democrat Hillary Clinton. U.S. intelligence officials have blamed the hack on Russia, something Trump has refused to acknowledge.

Earlier in the campaign, Trump called on Russia to find the 30,000 emails Clinton described as personal and admitted deleting from her personal server. Trump also repeatedly has expressed admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin but has waffled on whether the two actually ever met, first insisting they had and then denying it.

Manafort resigned from the Trump campaign in August following revelations of his business ties to pro-Russia leaders in Ukraine involving millions of dollars in cash payments and secret lobbying efforts in the United States.

The difference is that with the Panama Papers, investigative journalists are looking at the data and seeking corroboration.

With the Podesta emails, a) people are just looking for mud to sling, and b) they're not doing any kind of vetting or corroboration. Non-journalists are taking this stuff as gospel, but anyone with a journalism or infosec background knows that the data is possibly tainted.

Furthermore, folks see the transparent attempt to influence the election. People are averse to blatant manipulation.