[ExI] mutual assured injury

spike spike66 at att.net
Mon Nov 7 02:42:52 UTC 2016


 

 

>… On Behalf Of John Clark
Subject: Re: [ExI] mutual assured injury

 

On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 6:18 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net <mailto:spike66 at att.net> > wrote:

 

 

​>>… ​we don’t know this was the Russians who did this.

 

​>…The NSA says they know exactly who did it and it was the Russians, and they know more about electronic espionage than I do so I believe them… John K Clark

 

There is a critically important nuance: the NSA can verify the Russians hacked the server, but they don’t know who else did as well.  Even if we prove the Russians hacked the server, we still don’t know if they were Assange’s source.  Other parties may also have the information by some other means.  

 

We now know of 650,000 messages on Anthony Wiener’s computer.  Weiner had no security clearance.  How do we know that wasn’t hacked?  How did he get them?  Now we learn housekeeper Marina Santos had access to the classified files, a Filipino immigrant with no security clearance.  How do we know she didn’t leak it to someone?  How do we know for sure the Russians released what they hacked?  We don’t.  The Russians might be holding until after the election.  They might prefer Tim Caine to the alternative (imagine that.)  There are plenty of possible ways Assange could have gotten that information.  We don’t know the Russians did that.

 

Accusing Russians is not wise, when an uncleared Filipino housekeeper had access.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

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