Can someone explain to me why this is suddenly getting laid at Trump's feet??
"Suddenly?"
The media has been talking about it for months. It's getting notice again because a CIA report on the hacking got leaked, and Trump is losing his mind over it.
The standards of not allowing gov't officials to set up their own email servers is predicated on preventing this kind of thing from happening.
The hacks were on DNC and campaign email servers. Not government servers.
Whether it was the Russians, Anonymous, or Bob in Wagontire, OR who hacked her mail server, the fact that it got hacked should be the issue.
Since at least one was a spearphishing attack -- meaning someone specifically targeted the groups -- yes, the identity of the hackers is a serious issue.
This was not a couple of script kiddies looking for lulz. It was a calculated political attack, not just on Clinton but on the integrity of our electoral system as a whole.
Trump benefiting from the hacking is a relatively minor issue compared to the fact that Clinton having this unsecured mail server is at the heart of the problem.
Or, you are desperately trying to deflect from the fact that Russia may have intervened with our election, solely because it
might make Trump look a little bad. Of course, his attempts to deflect are only fanning the flames.
This is all about shifting the blame from Clinton doing something wrong to making it look like it's Trump who did something wrong.
....no, Trump is digging his own grave on this. He is trying to shift the blame, trying to bury the implications in order to shore up his false claims to a mandate, childishly bash the CIA (who have nothing to benefit from undermining the President-Elect), and it only brings yet more attention on friendly his administration is looking towards Putin.
Oh, and let's not forget that he
explicitly, publicly and irresponsibly asked Russia to hack Clinton's email servers to find the "missing" emails during the campaign. He will not be so glib when Guccifer 3.0 leaks his administration's internal communications -- or worse, Trump's tax filings.
At the end of the day, had Clinton not violated the rules about not having a private email server, there would never been any hacking done.
<< shakes head >>
This has nothing to do with Clinton's private server, or any government servers. This is about the DNC and Podesta email hacks. Those would have happened no matter what Clinton had or hadn't done.
It's like having a thief rob your home and then blaming the guy who bought the stolen goods and sold them at profit (not knowing they were stolen) for the crime.
Uh... no. The hackers had specific targets in mind, and the entities that released the hacked emails knew they were not legitimately released.
This is more like illegally wiretapping the DNC and robbing their offices for internal memos, and releasing damaging transcripts and memos in order to embarrass the Democrats and subvert the electoral process. Hence the parallels to Watergate.
Yes, Trump benefited form the hacking. Yes, whoever hacked Clinton's server did it to try to keep her out of office. But that does NOT mean that Trump is guilty of anything.
No one is accusing Trump or any of his staff of actively participating in these hacks. No one says he is guilty of any crime.
Rather, he is
responsible for his disastrous reactions, which are undermining both the legitimacy of the electoral process, and his relationship to the intelligence community, before he sets foot in office. Heck, even
McConnell realizes how serious this is, and wants a more thorough investigation.
