***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[EddieDoyers]

^ Party over state smh

lol and blco actually got his info out there
Let's just say he matches his internet persona

 

[teamjordan79]

Turns out that Putin was personally calling the shots

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...personally-involved-u-s-election-hack-n696146

U.S. intelligence officials now believe with "a high level of confidence" that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved in the covert Russian campaign to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.

Two senior officials with direct access to the information say new intelligence shows that Putin personally directed how hacked material from Democrats was leaked and otherwise used. The intelligence came from diplomatic sources and spies working for U.S. allies, the officials said.

Putin's objectives were multifaceted, a high-level intelligence source told NBC News. What began as a "vendetta" against Hillary Clinton morphed into an effort to show corruption in American politics and to "split off key American allies by creating the image that [other countries] couldn't depend on the U.S. to be a credible global leader anymore," the official said.

Ultimately, the CIA has assessed, the Russian government wanted to elect Donald Trump. The FBI and other agencies don't fully endorse that view, but few officials would dispute that the Russian operation was intended to harm Clinton's candidacy by leaking embarrassing emails about Democrats.

The latest intelligence said to show Putin's involvement goes much further than the information the U.S. was relying on in October, when all 17 intelligence agencies signed onto a statement attributing the Democratic National Committee hack to Russia.

The statement said officials believed that "only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities." That was an intelligence judgment based on an understanding of the Russian system of government, which Putin controls with absolute authority.

Now the U.S has solid information tying Putin to the operation, the intelligence officials say. Their use of the term "high confidence" implies that the intelligence is nearly incontrovertible.

"It is most certainly consistent with the Putin that I have watched and used to work with when I was an ambassador and in the government," said Michael McFaul, who was ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014.

"He has had a vendetta against Hillary Clinton, that has been known for a long time because of what she said about his elections back in the parliamentary elections of 2011. He wants to discredit American democracy and make us weaker in terms of leading the liberal democratic order. And most certainly he likes President-elect Trump's views on Russia," McFaul added. Clinton cast doubt on the integrity of Russia's elections.

As part of contingency planning for potential retaliation against Russia, according to officials, U.S. intelligence agencies have stepped up their probing into his personal financial empire.

Why should we believe any of this? The CIA isn't exactly the beacon of truth.

 

[Master Zik]

@ Donald basically telling a crowd full of his supporters the whole drain the swamp **** was a false promise. Nothing but lies.

Son said it sounded corny and just wanted to see how it played with the crowd.

People in the crowd faces

 

[EddieDoyers]

@ Donald basically telling a crowd full of his supporters the whole drain the swamp **** was a false promise. Nothing but lies.

Son said it sounded corny and just wanted to see how it played with the crowd.

People in the crowd faces

I need a link for this must be hilarious

 

[whywesteppin]

Why should we believe any of this? The CIA isn't exactly the beacon of truth.

like clockwork. the Rolex of NT.

i bought you and ninja something for Christmas.

hint

 

[whywesteppin]

plus I'm sure you were complaining about the Hillary witch-hunt too? telling us that we shouldn't believe any of it?

 

[whywesteppin]

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Russians hacked into my campaign account http://CNN.it/go http://snpy.tv/2hxRTct

playing the partisan identity politics. them liberals

 

[RustyShackleford]

Live image of Trump's swamp, now flooding middle America.......

 

[Master Zik]

@ Donald basically telling a crowd full of his supporters the whole drain the swamp **** was a false promise. Nothing but lies.

Son said it sounded corny and just wanted to see how it played with the crowd.

People in the crowd faces

I need a link for this must be hilarious

I caught it on the daily show.

He said it during one of his victory lap speeches

They thought they were in on the con.

 

[iDon’tRead]

 circle jerk 

 

[rexanglorum]

Live imagine of Trump's swamp, now flooding middle America.......

I just watched a Young Turks bit about Duterte and now I see this, the World is losing its damn mind.

 

[EddieDoyers]

https://defazio.house.gov/media-cen...ll-to-enforce-president-elect-trump-s-promise

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/309439-dem-lawmaker-offers-drain-the-swamp-act

Anyone seen this bill?

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[harlemtothebronx]

 

[SC kid]

Wow.

NBC News has a significant update to this story and one that cannot be taken lightly. The outlet reports that U.S. intelligence officials have declared that the hacking wasn’t simply the work of middlemen. Instead, they believe Vladimir Putin was “personally involved” in directing hacking efforts, and these officials carry a “high level of confidence” on the subject:

Two senior officials with direct access to the information say new intelligence shows that Putin personally directed how hacked material from Democrats was leaked and otherwise used. The intelligence came from diplomatic sources and spies working for U.S. allies, the officials said.

Putin’s objectives were multifaceted, a high-level intelligence source told NBC News. What began as a “vendetta” against Hillary Clinton morphed into an effort to show corruption in American politics and to “split off key American allies by creating the image that [other countries] couldn’t depend on the U.S. to be a credible global leader anymore,” the official said.

 

[AEA18]

 

[teamjordan79]

Wow.

NBC News has a significant update to this story and one that cannot be taken lightly. The outlet reports that U.S. intelligence officials have declared that the hacking wasn’t simply the work of middlemen. Instead, they believe Vladimir Putin was “personally involved” in directing hacking efforts, and these officials carry a “high level of confidence” on the subject:

Two senior officials with direct access to the information say new intelligence shows that Putin personally directed how hacked material from Democrats was leaked and otherwise used. The intelligence came from diplomatic sources and spies working for U.S. allies, the officials said.

Putin’s objectives were multifaceted, a high-level intelligence source told NBC News. What began as a “vendetta” against Hillary Clinton morphed into an effort to show corruption in American politics and to “split off key American allies by creating the image that [other countries] couldn’t depend on the U.S. to be a credible global leader anymore,” the official said.

"a high-level intelligence source told NBC News."

https://theintercept.com/2014/09/04/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication/

 

[everysingletime]

So get Trump elected so other countries wouldn't take the US seriously? I didn't think of that angle before. But makes sense.

 

[teamjordan79]

 

[rillo561]

Yeah, I'm not believing it.

 

[SC kid]

I hope thats not true

 

[illmatic34]

Why should we believe any of this? The CIA isn't exactly the beacon of truth.

I guess 17 other intelligence agencies are also lying

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

You must not think Bin Laden is dead either

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

Idk what the whole debate is.

Russia DID hack the US.
New sources say that the hacking came from Putin's direct orders.
Whether the purpose of the hacking was to help Trump, to undermine the election, or too Tarnsih the worlds view of America, Trump should not be and should not have been praising Russia when intelligence agencies confirmed what they were doing, he should not have been openly dismissive and discrediting of US intelligence and he should not be very weary of the people he appoints and their connections with Russia. Point blank period. What Russia did is not ally behavior.

 

[rillo561]

Idk what the whole debate is.

Russia DID hack the US.
New sources say that the hacking came from Putin's direct orders.
Whether the purpose of the hacking was to help Trump, to undermine the election, or too Tarnsih the worlds view of America, Trump should not be and should not have been praising Russia when intelligence agencies confirmed what they were doing, he should not have been openly dismissive and discrediting of US intelligence and he should not be very weary of the people he appoints and their connections with Russia. Point blank period. What Russia did is not ally behavior.

I'm not doubting you, but other than unnamed sources where's the proof? I think the people have the right to be skeptical about the CIA. I would like to see an independent body review this TBH. WikiLeaks is now saying it was an Democrat whistleblower. This definitely needs a independent investigation.