2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI don't believe that the Trump Campaign didn't know about the Russian Hacking.
Let us establish one fact: Trump lies about everything. So nothing he says about this can be believed. People close to Trump, Paul Manafort and Carter Page, have close ties to Russia. This also includes his pick for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, a man who calls Putin a friend. Trump has a strange relationship with Russia and I think he has deep ties there that we have yet to learn about.
Whatever investigation takes place, it must determine what the Trump campaign knew and when they knew it. It also needs to investigate if anyone in the campaign had a hand in the hacking.
I think we are going to find out that this is a crisis much dirtier and much more nefarious than we have imagined.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)linked to Alfa Bank a Russian Bank. Enough said.
Mike Nelson
(10,269 posts)...he asked them to hack.
kimbutgar
(23,205 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)If the rules don't favor them, they change the rules.
We are never going to find out the truth, because they do not want us to know the truth. History has a LONG record of mystery, and this will be no different. A conspiracy this big, will stay a conspiracy.
hamsterjill
(15,501 posts)For every hacker, eventually, there is a better and bigger hacker. Cyber security is a relatively new ball game.
GeorgeGist
(25,426 posts)[font color = red][font size =4] "It's rigged"
hamsterjill
(15,501 posts)That alone should be concerning at this point.
pscot
(21,037 posts)Rinse Preebus knew. The Trump campaign was talking ro the Russians. And I'll wager Rex Tillerson knew because he was talking to the Russians. Putin owns these guys.
ananda
(30,776 posts).. the Trump campaign was in on the Russian hacking and the
use of Wikileaks. See:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harry-reid-russia-donald-trump_us_584f0df0e4b0e05aded537cd
Reid, who has sharply criticized FBI Director James Comey for sitting on intelligence connecting Russian operatives and the Trump campaign, said he was unsure if Trump himself was aware of the activity. But he said people in Trumps orbit certainly were.
Someone in the Trump campaign organization was in on the deal. I have no doubt. Now, whether they told [Trump] or not, I dont know. I assume they did. But there is no question about that, Reid said in an interview with The Huffington Post. So there is collusion there, clearly.